Dead and Buried by Anne Cassidy

Author:Anne Cassidy [Cassidy, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Mysteries & Detective Stories, General
ISBN: 9781408826560
Google: Mq7fAgAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00IUMCCS8
Publisher: Bloomsbury Childrens
Published: 2014-03-13T00:00:00+00:00

SEVENTEEN

Rose had an appointment at the Bethnal Green Police Station at twelve. She went to college first. She only had one class and could have missed it but she decided not to. Joshua’s appointment had been at ten and she wondered how he’d got on.

The previous evening, getting back from Essex, they’d both been drained. Anna had been at home and wanted to make them a meal. Rose was surprised at Anna’s insistence and the three of them sat down to pasta and salad followed by ice cream. Anna had been very talkative throughout the meal, asking Joshua lots of things about his course. Rose knew that her grandmother was making an effort, trying to wipe out the horrible things she’d said about Joshua and Brendan the previous autumn. After the meal she wouldn’t let either of them help her to load the dishwasher. She seemed happy, buoyant and told them that she had some busy days ahead. The charity she worked with had a number of important functions that she needed to attend, projects that were coming to fruition. Joshua and Rose listened in silence and Rose managed some conversation but after a while Joshua said he needed a shower and an early night and she watched him go up to the attic. She left Anna in her drawing room and went back to her study and sat quietly looking at the small card which her mother had given her at the phone number that was there.

This morning she was holding it again as the teacher went through the main points of an essay they had to do. She wondered, for the hundredth time, if the card was an invitation or a prompt for her to get in touch. Did Brendan know that she’d given it to her? Was it some kind of secret plea? Was her mother doing something behind Brendan’s back?

She thought of the moment in the pub when Brendan said You should go and see your mother, Rose. She had in fact walked slowly across the bar and looked tentatively around the car park. In her head, though, she wished she had dashed across the room and burst out of the pub door. Once there she pictured herself seeing her mother and her face breaking into a glorious smile as she ran across to the Mercedes.

But she hadn’t done these things. She’d acted like a guilty schoolgirl heading for the headteacher’s office.

What must her mother have thought?

That she didn’t care? That she had no feelings for her?

The classroom door opened and a young woman came into the room and went to speak to the teacher. She wasn’t much older than Rose but she was wearing a skirt suit and white shirt and had on high heels which made her walk a little unsteadily. Rose didn’t recognise her but she must have been a member of staff because she had an identity tag hanging round her neck. After she spoke the teacher nodded and looked up at the class.

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