Henry the Queen's Corgi by Georgie Crawley

Author:Georgie Crawley
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780008263140
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2017-09-20T04:00:00+00:00

AMY

Amy stared around the bar, taking in the brightly coloured drinks, the sight of old Dr Evans wearing a Santa hat with mistletoe hanging from it, and her friends all having a brilliant, festive time.

Luke had done a great job of turning their normally dull Christmas dinner into something so much more by booking a great venue – a fun new bar that Amy hadn’t even known had opened in town, that had a back room filled with large tables for groups to eat at, and a dance floor with Christmas karaoke running next to the main bar. Something for everyone – even Dr Evans, who was sweet-talking one of the barmaids into a kiss. He might look a hundred and seven, but apparently the guy had moves.

She hadn’t been sure that coming was a good idea, despite Luke’s insistence that she needed a night out. But it wasn’t just him – all her friends and colleagues had teamed up to talk her into it. And they’d been so persuasive! Especially Shireen who, after dealing with Flora’s stomach bug for the last couple of days, was desperate to hand her over to her husband and get out of the house for a few hours.

It’s Christmas! We haven’t been out together in months and months. What’s the point of putting up with a seventeen-year-old if he can’t babysit for one night a year? When was the last time you did anything just for you?

And, the most persuasive of all was Luke’s gentle encouragement: Just take a night off, Amy. Take a couple of hours away from the real world and relax.

So here she was. Relaxing. At least, until the real world caught up with her again.

‘Are you going to sing?’ Luke slid into the chair beside her, and pushed a fresh glass of white wine her way. ‘They’re just getting the karaoke started. I brought the song list …’ He waved the thick file with all the different songs available in front of her. ‘There’s a whole page of just Christmas songs. I think Shireen and Nathan are planning on duetting on “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”.’

‘I can’t remember the last time I sang karaoke.’ Jim had always made fun of her love of singing along to music, but she enjoyed it. It made her feel happy. Especially when the music in question was Christmas songs. Belting out the classics in the car with Claire, while Jack rolled his eyes and pretended not to be humming along, was one of her best festive moments this year.

Maybe it was time to make another one.

Luke flicked open the song list, and ran his finger down the Christmas page. ‘How about this one?’ He pointed to a familiar song, and Amy smiled.

‘I probably shouldn’t,’ she said, that last vestige of doubt still playing on her mind. What if Jim was right? What if she would just make a fool of herself.

‘Oh, I think you definitely should,’ Luke replied. ‘In fact I’m going to go and put your name down, right now.

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