3. Night Music by Jojo Moyes

Author:Jojo Moyes [Moyes, Jojo]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Tags: Juvenile Nonfiction, Family Life, Fiction, Fantasy, Language Arts, Composition & Creative Writing, General
ISBN: 9780340895962
Google: ZYtLYgEACAAJ
Amazon: 0340895969
Publisher: Debolsillo
Published: 2008-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

They thought Anthony couldn’t hear. Shut behind the office door, they seemed to believe their voices wouldn’t carry round the house, ricochet off the walls like bullets.

‘I really don’t think it’s a lot to ask, Matt. I just want some idea of when you’ll be home.’

‘I’ve told you I don’t know. You know I can never tell from one day to the next.’

‘You used to give me some idea. And now you turn your phone off so half the time I don’t know where you are.’

‘And why the hell should I have to tell you where I am every minute of the day? I’m not a child. You want the Spanish House, don’t you? Well, let me earn the bloody money to get it.’

In the living room, Anthony slumped on the chair, and wondered whether to put on his earphones.

‘I don’t know why you’re being so aggressive about it. All I’m asking is that you let me know roughly what time you’ll be home.’

‘And I’m telling you, as I’ve told you a hundred times already, that I can’t do that. I could be working at the big house and hit a problem. I could be called by someone on the other side of town with an emergency. You know as well as I do that I have to be flexible. Where’s my bloody VAT book?’

Drawers being opened and shut.

‘In the blue folder where it always is. There.’ A pause. ‘Look, I understand that, Matt, but why can’t you ring me and give me some idea? That way I can plan my evening too. And supper.’

‘Just stick my dinner in the oven, woman. If I’m not worried about eating it lukewarm, why are you making such a fuss?’

‘Because you’re being evasive.’

‘No, you’re being controlling. Like you want to control everything – this house, that house, the finances, Anthony, and now me. “You need to do this, you need to do that”, harping on all the time!’

‘How can you say that?’

‘Because it’s true. And it’s getting on my nerves.’

‘It seems to me, Matt, that pretty well everything I do is guaranteed to get on your nerves.’

It was the third time this week. His dad had been antsy and bad-tempered for almost ten days. For some reason he hadn’t told Anthony’s mother they had stopped work at the Spanish House, and he wondered privately whether this was because Kitty’s mum had run out of money. Kitty was always saying her mum hadn’t any. It was possible his dad was trying to work out what to do about it before he told Mum.

Whatever, something was going on. Usually when Matt headed off to a job, he would take Anthony with him after school, supposedly training him, steering him towards the day when he would take over. That’s what he always said, even when Anthony suspected he wanted an extra pair of hands he didn’t have to pay for. But he hadn’t asked him to come lately. Byron was out working on the land, so he wasn’t taking him either.

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