Eye of Time: A Time Travel Adventure (The Frank Stone Series Book 1) by Adrian Cousins

Author:Adrian Cousins [Cousins, Adrian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-10-25T00:00:00+00:00

31

Sugar Ray

In the interest of maintaining the peace, I didn’t challenge Jemma about her version of the chat she’d had with Dennis the Menace. I guess if this happened the first time I would have, but things were different now. I needed to understand what was happening so I could get to the bottom of the mystery and ensure she wasn’t murdered. After that, well, I just didn’t know. For sure, she needed to change if I was going to fall back in love with her.

On Tuesday morning I dropped Jemma off at the station, then headed off to work. Apart from my list, which wasn’t very scientific, all I had achieved so far was struggling to like my wife again and realising she had a propensity to get people’s backs up. My concern regarding what games my wife was playing was further enhanced when Alison buzzed through to say I had a visitor, asking if I was free.

Clare Heaton and I had always got on well. Although she was a bit of a posh horsey type, she’d instantly liked me that day I performed my bionic man impression in the Bell Pub. She was the one who had pushed Jemma to go on a second date, saying that I was a real catch and Jemma should grab me – that was nice, I guess.

Alison hadn’t previously met Clare and, judging by the catty stares on offer as she ushered her through to my office, Alison evidently didn’t like her.

With her long strawberry-blonde hair, shapely legs up to and beyond her armpits, plus more than the required BSH, Clare Heaton is a total stunner. Her vivacious hourglass figure did more than turn heads. Clare Heaton’s looks stopped traffic.

Paul was in reception when Clare arrived and, after undressing her out of her pencil skirt suit with his eyes, his tongue scraped along the floor as he followed both ladies to my office. Even though she’d rebuffed his advances in the pub that Saturday night in ’76, Paul still thought he’d have another go. I quickly shut the office door on him, narrowly avoiding wedging his wagging tongue in the doorjamb.

Clare’s usual radiance wasn’t on show today, and appeared sullen as if she carried the world on her shoulders.

“This is a nice surprise, Clare. Can I get you a coffee or tea?”

“No, Frankie, I’m fine, thanks.” After carefully smoothing the back of her skirt, Clare perched on the chair opposite. We sat in silence for a brief moment as she stared past me out of the window.

“You okay?” Although I liked Clare, visiting me at work was odd.

“Your reception girl needs to wear a bra. She’ll take someone’s eye out.”

“Don’t go there. I was going to have a word, but, I dunno, it’s a bit of a delicate conversation to have.”

“Get the lech to tell her,” suggested Clare, as she nodded to the door, where I suspected Paul was trying to retrieve his tongue.

“You’re joking, aren’t you? He’d tell Alison she’s overdressed and would suggest it would be better if she came in with a little less on!”

“Ha, yes, he would.

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