Larger Than Life by Adele Parks

Author:Adele Parks
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing
Published: 2008-11-19T23:00:00+00:00

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We arrive back at the cottage at about five minutes to two. Penny is just about to serve up an enormous roast lamb. A small twinge of guilt nips me. Unassisted, Penny has managed to entertain five kids and cook what promises to be a delicious roast for fourteen. I consider skulking off to the sitting room to kill the last five minutes before lunch as a way of avoiding her cold gaze, then I think better of it. I think of the countless brunches, lunches, dinners and suppers I’ve prepared in the past that have passed by uncommented on. Plates cleared, glasses drained, napkins discarded without so much as a ‘Well done, George, very nice’.

I lift the lid off a pot and peer in. ‘Looks very tasty,’ I comment, and then more warmly I mutter, ‘I’m sorry we left you on your own, Penny.’ Half of me hopes that she won’t hear me.

‘Oh, it’s OK, I’m used to it,’ she breezes. Instantly irritated, I fume that this woman is devoid of social graces.

Almost as quickly I acknowledge that she’s within her rights not to let me off the hook that easily. ‘I’ll wash up afterwards,’ I offer, then I quickly leave the kitchen before I change my mind.

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