Emma's Story by Georgia Hill

Author:Georgia Hill
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780008281274
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2018-06-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

For the second evening class, Joel arrived late. He seemed flustered and blamed the traffic on the A30. In Emma’s eyes he looked even more gorgeous and a treacherous little wormy thought wished she’d put the flush into his tanned cheeks and it had been her fingers which had disordered his hair.

Fewer students had turned up but Biddy was present, as was Millie, both clutching their Penguin Classics edition of The Canterbury Tales.

‘Enjoyed it so much, I read all of The Wife of Bath’s Tale. Corking, it was,’ Biddy said, as she settled Elvis down. She opened her copy and Emma saw she had scribbled notes in pencil all over the text. Thrusting the book into Emma’s face, she added, ‘And look at this bit in The Knight’s Tale.’ She read it out: ‘“His hair was crisped in ringlets, as if spun of yellow gold.” And this bit: “Aquiline nose and eyes with lemon light.” And further on it says he has a voice like a trumpet.’ Biddy giggled. ‘Some might say that about me.’ She glared at Emma. ‘If they dared!’

‘Shall we get started?’ Joel opened his notebook. It was one of those expensive moleskin types, Emma noticed and added to his classy look. Looking down, she saw he had on matching black boots under his skinny jeans.

‘I’m loving this Chaucer, young Joe,’ Biddy boomed. She fluttered her eyelashes at Joel in a positively threatening manner.

‘Looks like Joel’s got a fan,’ Millie whispered into Emma’s ear. ‘Poor bloke.’

Emma gave Millie a swift grin and opened her own copy, pen poised. She flushed a little. It wasn’t only Biddy who had the hots for Joel. There were quite a few women sitting and gazing adoringly at the man, herself included.

‘In fact,’ Biddy went on. ‘It’s given me an idea. All those husbands the Wife had. Five! She got through ‘em, didn’t she?’ She winked at Joel who recoiled. He opened his mouth to say something and then closed it again. ‘I’ve been doing a bit of this writing malarkey.’ She brought out an A4 lined pad and waved it around. ‘Knew all the stories I’ve got in my head would come in handy sometime. Got lots of experiences. Me and Wifey got skills in common.’ She grinned. ‘If you know what I mean.’

Joel cleared his throat. ‘Are you writing a memoir, Biddy?’

‘Memoir?’ Biddy drew herself up. ‘Not sure the world’s ready for that just yet. No, Joe, I’m writing erotica. Going to get it published. Seems to sell from what I can see.’

Emma bit down on another giggle. She could feel Millie’s shoulder quivering next to her.

‘Well, it can be quite hard to get published,’ Joel said, sounding stunned. ‘I should know, I’ve been trying to place something myself.’

Biddy preened. ‘Oh, I don’t need to worry about that, young Joe. Got an old mate at one of them big publishers. He owes me a favour.’ She sniffed disparagingly. ‘Several, if I recall rightly.’

Millie fished out a tissue. Laughing, she snorted into it.

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