Hello from the Gillespies by McInerney Monica

Author:McInerney, Monica [McInerney, Monica]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781743481868
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Published: 2014-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

On a stretch of highway outside Port Augusta, Genevieve, Victoria and Ig were sitting in their car with half-eaten fries and hamburger wrappers on the seats beside them. They were parked outside a McDonald’s. Genevieve and Ig were in the front, Victoria in the back. She hadn’t been happy about it all day.

‘I’m the adult, Ig, you’re the kid,’ she’d said as they set off that morning. ‘Kids sit in the back.’

‘No, it’s my special day out. Robbie and I want to sit in the front.’

‘But there’s more room for you and Robbie in the back.’

‘We’ve got all the room we need in the front.’

She’d had to give up when he buckled himself in, locked the door and pulled faces at her through the window.

‘Can I please have a sundae?’ he asked.

‘Can you actually physically fit any more junk food into your body?’ Genevieve asked.

‘I’ve only had a bit.’

‘KFC for brunch, McDonald’s for afternoon tea. And now you want a sugar hit as well.’

‘I never get this stuff. It’s a treat. You said you’d spoil me today.’

‘I said I’d spoil you, not stuff you to the gills with dangerous additives.’

‘So can I have a sundae? I’ll get you both one as well.’

In the back seat, Victoria groaned.

‘No, thanks,’ Genevieve said. ‘I can’t move as it is. All right, Ig, you can have one. But you have to go in and get it. I’m not your slave.’

‘Cool,’ he said. He took the money from her and was out of the car in seconds.

Victoria was rummaging in Genevieve’s handbag. She took out a paper bag and looked inside at the contents. ‘Do you suppose we should use these pregnancy tests now?’

‘In the McDonald’s toilet? Lovely idea.’

‘It could still be stress, couldn’t it? Or jet lag in your case? Even this many days late?’

‘I hope so,’ Genevieve said.

‘I really hope so,’ Victoria said.

A few minutes later, Ig returned. He was carrying three sundaes in a cardboard tray.

‘That was nice of you to buy all of those with my money, Ig,’ Genevieve said. ‘But I told you I couldn’t eat another thing. Nor could Victoria.’

‘I thought you were joking. Sorry. I’ll have to eat them all myself.’ He started on the first one.

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