A Death in the Family by Hazel Holt

Author:Hazel Holt [Hazel Holt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780749014353
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Published: 2013-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

‘I must say I’m with Pam over this,’ Rosemary said when I told her what had happened. ‘After all, if no one’s turned up for over sixty years – well, I mean!’

‘Oh I know, I feel the same, especially when they’ve all worked so hard to make a go of things. Not just Harry, but Josh – that’s his eldest son – and Pam too. But that’s Harry all over – he’d rather die than do anything he thought wasn’t right.’

‘It’s all very well being noble, but when it’s your family and their livelihood at stake, I think you have to fight for it. Actually,’ she went on, ‘I’m feeling very family-orientated today. That’s why I called round – to tell you. I heard from Colin today. Marianne’s had the baby. It’s a boy – eight pounds – and they’re going to call him John after Jack.’

‘Oh, how marvellous; your third grandchild, aren’t you lucky! You must be thrilled.’

‘It’s lovely, but Toronto is so far away. It’s maddening not to be able to see him, photos really aren’t the same.’ She sighed. ‘It’s a melancholy thought, really, that I haven’t even met Marianne. When Colin told me they were getting married I was so happy for him – after the break-up with Charlotte and all that – and I did hope they might have come over then. But Colin got this job in Toronto and they had to up sticks and move, so somehow it never happened. And now there’s a grandson as well as a daughter-in-law I’ve never seen.’

‘I suppose you couldn’t…?’

‘There’s no way I could suggest it – you know what Jack’s like about abroad.’

‘They might come over here,’ I said consolingly. ‘Perhaps at Christmas?’

‘Oh, not with a very young baby, it wouldn’t be right. No, when he’s a bit older perhaps. I mustn’t grumble. After all I’ve got Jilly and Roger and the children living practically on the doorstep. Lots of people have children and grandchildren living abroad. Look at poor Heather Wainwright. Her only daughter went to Ethiopia, for heaven’s sake, with Médecins Sans Frontières and goodness knows when she’ll see her again, not to mention worrying about the danger all the time. No, I’m sure they’ll come over when they can. But I do want to buy some things for the baby so I wondered if you’d feel like coming to Taunton with me next week. We could make a day of it. I think we could both do with a treat.’

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