Happy Ever After by Kitty Wilson

Author:Kitty Wilson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Canelo
Published: 2020-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-five

Six weeks or so had passed since Dan had given him a smattering of hope as to getting back in Marion’s good books. The vicar’s words – Marion would love to give your marriage another go – whirled around his head at all times. And to be fair she had been defrosting a bit recently. Not on his supposed adultery front but just in generally having him around.

In a remarkably short space of time her business was storming ahead. It would seem – and no real surprise – that her reputation preceded her. She was taken up with lots of bookings for events this summer, so much so that both Penmenna Hall and Alex were now on her books but rather as a favour to them than a necessity for her.

There were many upsides to this, but one of them was that she was happy to rely on him when the boys needed ferrying to and from things and he was enjoying a domestic role, preparing food that he knew they would like and cramming as much nutritional goodness in as he could for the people he loved. His reward was not just the obvious pleasure of the boys racing through his dishes but also the little half-smiles on his wife’s face when she came home to find a warm dinner waiting for her, the dog walked, chores done, homework undertaken and the children happy.

Those smiles were so special.

She had also eased back a little on referencing Claudia at every chance she got. It had now been consigned to being one of those things they didn’t mention. But the injustice of it still smarted. One day he would find a way to show her he had never cheated. One day soon.

Another difference was that he was now the one attending all Penmenna School events and beginning to realize exactly what was involved. He always thought he had been pretty on top of things, smugly knowing how the PTA worked – but he now had to accept that even with the best will in the world as well as all the things Marion had in place, it was more than a little chaotic. The fact that Marion had always ensured the smooth delivery of everything PTA related was further testament to her skills.

The parents’ quiz night had descended into farce. Serena had decided that Marion’s watering down of the alcohol was mean. She had learnt that lesson. Three Dot Cottons had begun brawling in the children’s loos, Seth Armstrong had climbed the wall bars and then decided he couldn’t get down even with Hilda Ogden shouting instructions in a very not-PG way, and Ken Barlow was caught out the back of the PE shed making out with Kat Slater. The children were so much easier to manage.

Then Pippa had persuaded him to be the Easter bunny. She had said there was no joy like the simple joy brought about by doling out chocolate to a whole school of children. He quite liked the idea of it, so had happily accepted.

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