Back to You by Robin Kaye

Author:Robin Kaye [Kaye, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Usernet, C429, Kat, Extratorrents
ISBN: 9780451413550
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

After a lunch consisting of sparse green salad, scattered with pieces of undercooked chicken too dodgy to risk eating, Nessie declined the offer of dessert.

“Why don’t you push me into the lounge, dear?” her grandmother said. “We can have a chat over a nice cup of tea, whilst the others finish their meal.”

“I’d like that, Grandma.”

Nessie hadn’t seen her grandmother for more than a decade. When she and Amy were little girls, there had been the occasional family trip to visit their Grandma and Grandad in their south coast home, but at that age, Nessie had been more interested in playing in the sand than talking to her wheelchair-bound grandmother. A fact she now regretted. Then, when her father made Partner at his firm, family holidays became nothing more than tagging along on his business trips.

Grandma Bishop had been confined to her chair since before Nessie was born, and Nessie had been brought up never to ask questions as to why. But despite her disability, the old lady didn’t wallow in self-pity. She always had a smile on her perfectly painted face. Her clothes were of obvious quality, and her almost white hair was styled into a neat chignon. Nessie stared at it, trying to remember whether her grandmother used to have the trademark blond hair, all the women in her family seemed to possess, as she positioned the chair and clicked down the brake.

“Is here okay for you, Grandma? I like the view of the sea from this window.”

“If you like it, I like it, dear.”

Nessie ordered the tea and sat tapping her fingers on the chair arm as she stared out over the gardens.

“Are you okay, dear?” her grandmother asked.

“Yes, I’m fine, Grandma. Just hungry.”

“Then why didn’t you eat more?”

“I’m trying to lose a few pounds.”

“Whatever for? You have a lovely figure. It reminds me of my own before I got stuck in this damn chair.”

Nessie considered asking how her grandmother’s situation had occurred but thought better of it. Maybe, now Nessie was older, the old lady would offer the information herself. “It must be hard, being immobile.”

“Oh, I’m perfectly mobile. I just can’t venture too far. I tire easily, you see. Your mother was immensely considerate holding her wedding here so that I could attend. I would hate to have missed it.”

Nessie felt a rush of guilt sweep over her. She’d presumed her mother had been thinking only of herself when choosing her wedding venue.

A low rumble of male voices grew louder in the lobby, and Nessie’s eyes automatically shot to the door.

“Spot on time, dude.” She saw Johnny wrap his arms around his brother and kiss the cheek of a dark-haired girl whose face she couldn’t see until she turned slightly, and Nessie recognised her as Kendrick’s girlfriend, Molly. As Nessie watched the scene, Matt glanced through the opening and smiled at her before disappearing again, leaving Nessie feeling hot and flustered. She turned back to her grandmother.

“Is he your boyfriend?” Grandma Bishop asked, with a twinkle in her eyes.

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