I Saw You by Julie Parsons

Author:Julie Parsons [Parsons, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780330539265
Publisher: Pan Books

The old bed creaked as she sat up. She pushed the quilt away from her small, slight body.

‘I should go. I’ve taken up enough of your time. I should phone Vanessa, tell her we must go home. It’s getting late.’

‘No.’ Margaret stopped rocking. ‘Don’t go. Stay and have dinner with me. I’ve spoken to Vanessa. She’s been for a walk on the pier and I’ve asked her to go to the shops. She sounds fine. For the first time in ages I’m going to cook a proper meal.’

‘Are you sure? I feel we’ve imposed on you enough.’

‘No, really. It would give me great pleasure.’ Margaret stood up, and heard the trill of a ringtone.

‘Oh, sorry, that’s mine.’ Sally reached for her bag. She pulled out the phone and waved it apologetically in Margaret’s direction. ‘Just a minute.’ She held it to her ear. ‘Oh, hi, Michael, how are you?’ She listened. ‘Actually I’m not at home. Is it very important? . . . OK, well, could we make it tomorrow? I haven’t been feeling too well and I’m having dinner with a friend tonight . . . Yeah, fine, tomorrow morning then. Say elevenish? . . . Lovely. And thanks, Michael. Thanks very much.’

She put her phone away.

‘That’s my policeman. Or, rather, my just-retired policeman. I don’t know what to make of him, really. And I don’t think he knows what to make of me. I think he thinks I’m just an hysterical mother.’ She smiled. ‘He’s probably right.’ She straightened the quilt. ‘I feel so much better after that. Not just the sleep but being able to talk to you. You know the way it is. People get impatient with tragedy. It’s fine when it’s fresh and new but when it begins to go stale, well . . . You can’t blame them, I suppose.’

‘You can’t blame them. But you can hate them. Even if it does you no good.’ Margaret opened the bedroom door. ‘Now, I have a very nice bottle of New Zealand white wine cooling in the fridge. I propose a glass or two. How does that sound?’

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