Food, Sex & Money by Liz Byrski

Author:Liz Byrski [Byrski, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MacMillan
Published: 2009-08-16T04:00:00+00:00

‘Thanks, Bon, you were brilliant,’ Fran said, leaning wearily against the side of the lift. ‘I’ve no idea how you managed it. That woman is a nightmare, and I have to work with her.’

Bonnie smiled. ‘She was a tough one, but I liked her, liked them both. I think it’ll be okay, Fran. You do your bit, she’ll do hers. And as long as you deliver she’ll stay off your back.’ She swapped her briefcase to her other hand. ‘While you were busy with Lenore, Jack and I were discussing the Boatshed. I’m going to take them down there tomorrow. Want to come?’

‘I think I’ll take a raincheck,’ Fran said with a grin. ‘Sylvia’s going to come and see the house and then take me shopping for curtain fabric. I don’t think I can face another marathon with Lenore quite so soon.’ They walked together out of the lift and into the bright cold of the spring afternoon.

‘Do you think Sylvia seems different?’ Bonnie said as they reached the car.

Fran shrugged. ‘Not really. She’s probably just adjusting to being back. I thought she looked very well when we met her at the airport. More relaxed, I suppose.’

‘Mmm . . . you’re probably right. Maybe it’s just my imagination but she looks like the cat that got the cream.’

‘After all those years with the Incredible Sulk, if anyone deserves the cream it’s Sylvia,’ Fran said. ‘Maybe she met some rich and handsome Englishman who swept her off her feet. Has she made up her mind about the Boatshed?’

‘I don’t know,’ Bonnie said. ‘I didn’t like to ask her last night but I’ll talk to her this evening. By the way, after you’d gone last night I did notice she’d bought a mobile phone, quite a flash one, and someone called her on it. She and Mum and I were in the living room and when it rang, Sylvia went out of the room to take the call.’

‘There you are then,’ Fran said triumphantly. ‘I bet you anything you like she’s met someone.’

‘Not so soon after Colin, surely?’ Bonnie said.

‘It’s not soon, really,’ Fran said. ‘Sylvia and Colin were over a long time ago. It was just that the separation was a long time coming.’

‘Maybe,’ Bonnie said. ‘Well, good luck to her. I hope he’s young and cute.’

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