Autumn Dreams at Mermaids Point by Sarah Bennett

Author:Sarah Bennett [Bennett, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boldwood Books

Having sorted out the layout of the lounge – subject to change once the kids started moaning about not being able to see the TV properly from their favourite seats – Tom directed the movers to dump the last few boxes in one of the two empty surgery rooms. The practice had clearly been designed for several doctors to share, but from the looks of it, neither of them had ever been used.

Satisfied they were happy to be left to get on with it, Tom headed into the kitchen to find not only his, but the rest of Nerissa’s family crowded into the room, half a dozen different conversations on the go at once. Alex was leaning against the wall near the back door, his shoulder a little too close to Nerissa’s for Tom’s liking. He’d been serious when he told Alex not to flirt with her. Since his break-up with Jo, Alex had lurched from one bed to another, which was his own business as far as Tom was concerned, but there was no way he was going to treat Nerissa like that.

‘Here he is! Shove over, lad, and let Tom get at his tea,’ Andrew Morgan boomed from next to the kettle, where he was overseeing the filling of an array of mismatched mugs, none of which Tom recognised. He’d met the big, burly man in passing on his visit to the Point, but the way Andrew was beaming at him now, it was like they’d been friends for years.

Accepting the mug Andrew offered him, Tom read the slogan on its side – ‘It takes work to be this pretty’ – and grinned. ‘I’ll take that as a compliment.’

‘What’s that?’ Andrew caught sight of the mug he’d given him and laughed. ‘That’s one of Nick’s. Laurie bought it for him for his birthday years back. We thought the last thing you’d want was a mountain of washing up, so we brought enough for everyone. We’ll take them all home afterwards.’

‘Thanks.’ Tom found space to prop himself against the wall and watched Andrew and the young man he assumed to be Nick make short work of dishing out the drinks. He certainly had the family look about him, with the same dark curls they all sported, apart from Sylvia whose poker-straight red hair was cut into a neat bob.

Once everyone had a mug in their hands, Andrew came to stand next to Tom. ‘Hope you don’t mind us descending on you like this. Thought you might need a hand with the unpacking and what-have-you.’

‘It’s great,’ Tom said before taking a cautious sip of his tea. He was absolutely parched, and the almost too-hot liquid soothed his throat and lifted his spirits nearly as much as their surprise guests. ‘The more the merrier.’

‘That’s what Sylvia thought.’ Andrew nodded to where his wife was sitting at the kitchen table, Emily and Max on either side of her. She was telling them a story, if her expansive hand gestures and their rapt expressions were anything to go by.

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