story - part 1

Please find below the first part of a story that we're going to write together over the course of a few weeks. Each student will be asked to write a short part of it (word limit is 120-200 words). Let me begin...

It was a warm, almost windless September night in Dublin. Chris was sitting beside a big bedroom window of his small apartment on West Essex Street in Temple Bar. It was quiet. Tuesday nights are usually fairly quiet, even in this part of the city which is known for being very vibrant and lively. Sipping whiskey and coke, he could only hear some light traffic noise coming from Dame Street. The drink reminded him of Paloma – his Brazilian girlfriend who had lived in Dublin for a few months, but then suddenly disappeared without any trace. The last time he saw her was the day before his birthday - 15th February 2012 - when they had a few of those drinks.