Bless This Love by Mala S M

Author:Mala, S M [Mala, S M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: S M Mala
Published: 2015-02-02T17:00:00+00:00

‘You’ve done what?’

Suri did a double take when she looked at her mother the following Saturday in their local Chinese restaurant.

‘Asked Reverend Isley to meet us for lunch,’ Mary grinned. ‘I’m paying.’

‘Why?’

‘Because he’s a good man for taking you on,’ she smiled sweetly, while sipping her glass of wine. ‘And I’m going to see Auntie Edith after church tomorrow. I hear you raised quite bit of money last week, shaking that tin. I’m so proud of you.’

Sheepishly grinning, she felt nervous about Joe joining them.

She’d not seen him since Thursday, and he didn’t mention the invite.

‘A little bird told me that you and he have been spotted out and about,’ her mother said, still smiling brightly. ‘Are you getting on?’

‘We seem to be,’ she said, noticing he was walking in with a big grin.

Her heart pounded on seeing him.

‘Hello there, Mrs Thomas,’ he said, going straight to Mary and kissing her on the cheek.

‘Please call me Mary,’ her mother said, getting coy.

‘And hello Suri,’ he said, leaning forward and surprisingly kissing her on the lips.

‘Oh!’ she heard her mother say as Joe smiled and sat down.

‘Oh?’ Suri repeated and wondered what he was up to.

‘Mary, I’m so pleased you invited me for lunch,’ he said, looking at the pair of them. ‘I know this might sound a little unusual but I’ve been seeing Suri. It has been going on for a few weeks.’

‘Really?’ her mother said, looking surprised as Suri did a shocked double take when she looked at her lover. ‘Suri never said.’

‘I think she wanted us both to break the news.’ Joe then turned to look at her. ‘And you, as per usual, look beautiful today.’

Suri heard her mother giggle churlishly in the background.

‘I’ve seen your daughter around for many months and…’ he then hesitated, looking at Suri. ‘I don’t want to lie.’

‘I think that’s lovely,’ her mother gushed. ‘I thought as much because you seemed happier.’

‘Suri, can we tell your mum the truth?’

‘About what?’ she asked, feeling his hand discreetly squeeze her thigh, while she tried to hide her small panic.

‘About everything?’

‘Everything?’ Suri asked.

‘Give or take.’

And he sat there and proceeded to tell Mary Thomas the truth and nothing but the truth. He did omit that they were in the bedroom making love, saying they were kissing on the sofa, and Suri hid afterwards. Plus he didn’t mention the miscarriage of Rory’s baby.

All Suri did was watch her mother’s face, completely entranced by the young Vicar.

When he finished, giving Mary the most up to date version with Janet Peters’ reaction, Joe took a large gulp of his glass of lager.

There was an eerie silence, so Suri bit into a prawn cracker, watching her mother watch her and then Joe. Mary picked up her glass of wine and sipped it, deep in thought.

‘I didn’t say anything because I only found out he was the new Vicar when I delivered the cakes,’ she eventually said, feeling Joe hold her hand under the table. ‘And then when he decided to call it a day, I was very upset.

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