A Merry Mistletoe Wedding by Judy Astley

Author:Judy Astley
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781473540255
Publisher: Transworld

FIFTEEN

A little later, before Thea had a chance to call her, Sarah phoned from Pentreath Hall. ‘We’re having a work session today up at that school I run, Thea I thought you might like to come? We hold one every month and parents and children come up if they can and help out with a project. Today we’re going to tidy out the polytunnels and put on new covers. I thought, after what you told me about feeling that children should be outside more, that you’d be interested to see how we run our operation. Or do you and Sean have plans for this morning?’

‘No plans – Sean’s got to talk to Maria about food for this week’s clients. They’re keen to be almost fully catered, so I’d love to come.’

‘Great. I’ll pick you up in an hour. I’m bringing the dog so you might need a peg for your nose. He’s rolled in fox and I haven’t had time to wash it off.’

‘I’m sorry I got a bit emotional the other night,’ Thea said to Sarah later in the car. She’d opened the window to offset the waft from Olly the wolfhound. ‘It’s not at all like me. I’m usually pretty stable.’ She relaxed in her seat and put her hand through to the back to tickle the huge head of the dog that lay on the seat behind her. The car smelled strongly of him: damp, muggy – not an aroma you’d choose to share on a long journey; but it felt warm and sort of homey. When Benji had lived with Thea he’d always been confined to the boot and not allowed on the seats, especially after he’d been for a swim in the river, which he so loved to do while out on a walk. Yet the scent of him always permeated. Even now, after more than a year without him, there were times on a rainy day when she got in her car and had to look twice to make sure he wasn’t in there. She had texted Rich to say yes she would dog-sit that weekend in early November, but told him it wasn’t to be a regular thing. But it did cross her mind, now she was with Sarah and Olly, that if he did want a regular dog-sitter for Benji, she would almost be inclined to ask to keep him. A big dog like him would surely prefer living down here in Cornwall to hanging about in London, and he’d soon get used to having to keep on the right side of Woody, a cat that would never expect to take second place in his own home. Now that was a spontaneous train of thought that jolted her more than a bit – had she made at least half a decision?

Sarah laughed. ‘Surely there isn’t a bride on the planet who doesn’t have a meltdown at some stage before the wedding? I do hope you make it up with your sister – I’m sure she’ll come round to the idea when she’s had time to think it through.

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