Ford, F [Liberty 01] Christmas at Liberty's by Fiona Ford

Author:Fiona Ford
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781787461376
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2018-11-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

The bare branches and the plummeting late October temperatures echoed the empty feeling that had engulfed Mary for the past few days. Since she and David had been courting they had seen each other every day, but David’s job at the hospital and Mary’s work and wedding-preparation commitments meant the two had been forced to spend time apart. Now Mary was counting down the hours until she saw him for lunch, and the fact that he had come to mean so much to her in such a short time wasn’t lost on the former driver.

She had been so distracted by thoughts of the doctor that she had tidied up the same roll of fabric three times over, as well as handed one customer the wrong pattern to go with her fabric.

‘Are you all right?’ Flo asked kindly as she took the material from Mary’s hands and placed it back on the shelf.

Mary smiled apologetically. ‘Sorry, I’ve been thinking about David. He’s meeting me in an hour and I can’t wait to see him.’

‘As I live and breathe. Mary Holmes-Fotherington soft on a fella!’ Flo chuckled. ‘When you first started here you told me you were too busy for sweethearts.’

‘She’s been out with him almost every night this week,’ Alice added, after saying farewell to one of her regular customers. ‘I think it’s serious.’

Mary rolled her eyes. ‘Alice, please. We want to keep things quiet, we’re just enjoying each other’s company.’

‘Well, if you want to keep things quiet you want to focus less on mooning over your fella and more on your job,’ Dot barked from the counter.

Despite the rebuke, Dot was smiling and Mary couldn’t resist smiling back. Dot had only started in the department yesterday and was already making quite a name for herself.

‘I don’t know what’s got into me, ladies. I have never felt this way about a man before,’ Mary exclaimed.

‘I think it’s brilliant, Mary,’ Alice grinned. ‘Honestly, I don’t know why you’ve been so coy about going out with fellas since you got here but I think you and David are made for each other.’

‘He is ever so charming,’ Dot agreed, snapping her sales book shut. ‘When he came round to call for you that day after you saved Mabel, he was ever so polite, asking me and Alice all about ourselves. You’ve landed a good’un there, make no mistake.’

‘I don’t think you’ve done so badly yourself,’ Mary pointed out. ‘You and Mr Button make a charming couple.’

Dot sniffed as she turned around and saw a customer loitering by the Sungleam fabrics. ‘We’re not talking about me. But before I go, I just stopped by to see if you’re all free for your supper with me and Edwin on Saturday.’

Mary and Alice exchanged looks of surprise.

‘We would love to,’ Mary said, recovering first.

‘Course we would,’ Alice agreed.

Dot’s beam at the girls’ acceptance lit up her entire face. ‘Wonderful. And what about you, Flo? Can you get away? Rose and Mabel will be there as well.’

‘Wouldn’t miss it for the world,’ Flo confirmed delightedly.

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