A Pretty Beach Wish by Polly Babbington

Author:Polly Babbington [Babbington, Polly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Polly Babbington
Published: 2020-12-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33

Juliette got out of the shower, dried herself off, and put on a clean pair of pyjamas. Things were looking up since she’d had the conversation with Victoria. She’d got a bit of her energy back after the call and though she was still feeling lethargic and not doing much other than work she’d felt a bit better.

She combed through her damp hair and looked down at the pink vintage side table piled with lots of her lovely perfumed body lotions and layered herself in her favourite lime and basil lotion and smiled as the gorgeous scent hit her nostrils.

Juliette examined her face looking back at her in the mirror and thought that it was nice to have the whole house to herself in peace. Luke had gone to see his brother and was staying there overnight, and Maggie was at Jeremy’s. Even Bella, who she’d been video-calling every night to see how she was getting on, had messaged her to say she was going to a friend’s place and so she’d speak to Juliette in the morning. So, Juliette was free to veg out in front of the television however she liked for as long as she liked. All she had to do was order a take-away, pour herself a glass of wine, and sit on the sofa watching something mind-numbing. Something to recharge her from the past few months. Someplace to get lost in that was away from her world.

Juliette walked all the way down through the big old house, across the stripped pine floor of the hallway and into the kitchen. She switched on the fairy lights with her phone, and as the whole place twinkled and glistened, she stood back and gazed at it all. Another thing to be grateful for. Everything looked pretty just as she had wished for - she just hadn’t wished for the stress of the boating accident. The pale eggshell cupboards with their brass cup handles were now lit from underneath, fairy lights draped over the dresser displaying her Emma Bridgewater china and a huge, oversized willow heart she’d spied in a shop in Seafolly, and waited until it had gone on sale, was now fixed to the wall at the end.

To top it all off, the old table she’d painted pink when she’d moved into Seapocket Lane slotted beautifully in the corner. It sat there with a huge vintage jug of old roses from the garden in the centre, and as she stood there observing it all she actually broke into the faintest smile at the sight of the Smeg fridge. Oh, how I lusted after that fridge, how I wished for it, she thought. And now it’s mine.

Juliette pulled open the utility room door and opened a cupboard where a menu for Pretty Beach curry house was pinned to the back of the door. Even though she had a top-secret Deepa curry stashed at the back of the freezer, she was going to get a curry delivered and spend the evening lazing.

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