Just Between Friends by Rosie Nixon

Author:Rosie Nixon [Nixon, Rosie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2020-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

I paused for a moment. Her tone seemed quite cold. Had I said something to upset her? We had been getting on so well. Meet up in two weeks? Two weeks was basically an eternity when you’re on maternity leave. I switched off my phone and placed it on the bedside table next to me, then I turned the light out. I lay in the darkness, thinking. I hoped she was okay.

The following morning, I showed Jason the thread. He brushed it off.

‘She was probably having a bad night. You said yourself that she’s quite stuck up. She’s high maintenance. Bit of jealousy too, perhaps,’ he said.

‘Jealous?’ I asked.

‘It wouldn’t be hard to be jealous of my beautiful wife and her brilliant boobs,’ he smiled. ‘You have taken to motherhood so naturally, I’m proud of you.’

‘But why would she brush me off like that when I was trying to help?’

‘Don’t read too much into it. Besides you’ve got other friends – Tara, Susie… Just give Lucy a wide berth perhaps.’

‘Okay,’ I muttered, ‘but you’re right, it was probably just a bad night.’

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