London Romance Series, Books 1-3 by Clare Lydon

Author:Clare Lydon [Lydon, Clare]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Custard Books

Chapter Twenty-One

Friday afternoon, and Meg was in her kitchen eating a banana and having a coffee. The sun was streaming in the large window which had made her and Tanya fall in love with this house in the first place. Meg still recalled the first time they’d sat at the kitchen table planning their future together - kids, cats, the lot. Much time and incident had passed since then, but the one thing that had remained constant was the window and the light it cast on their lives, filling the kitchen with hope, daily.

Sometimes, on afternoons like this in a quiet house with the kitchen tidy and Tanya-less, Meg could even dream that her ex wasn’t here anymore, that she’d moved out and Meg had been able to afford to keep the house herself. In her dreams, Meg had the house and a cat. Tonight, she hoped she’d get the girl.

When she and Tanya did eventually go their separate ways, Meg was going to get a cat, for sure. They’d had one briefly, but then it had disappeared and Meg hadn’t been able to bear the thought of getting another. Today though, there was an unfamiliar cautious optimism flooding her mood. Maybe she would eventually have someone to share the cat with.

She got up to put her banana skin in the tall, metallic bin when she heard the front door slam. Her body immediately tensed up. Whether she would get happy Tanya or sneering Tanya was something she was about to find out. Meg took a sip of her coffee and turned to face the door.

However, it wasn’t Tanya whose face appeared at the kitchen doorway, but rather an attractive brunette with a strong, jutting chin and rolled-up jeans. If this was a burglar, Meg was fairly sure she was one of the most attractive she’d ever seen. Meg had watched enough Crimewatch in her time and the photos never once fitted this description — but then, perhaps hipster lesbian burglars were the new thing.

“Hi!” said the woman. Friendly. Almost flirty. She trailed her eyes up and down Meg’s frame and, clearly pleased with what she saw, smiled more broadly and then winked at Meg. In Meg’s kitchen, in Meg’s house.

“Hi.” Meg put down her coffee and placed a hand on her hip. Despite herself, the wink had impressed Meg. She reminded herself this could be a burglar and stood up straighter. “I’m Meg, I live here.” She paused, sucking on her bottom lip. “You are?”

The woman clapped her hands and let out a peal of laughter. “Right — you don’t know me! I forgot.” She smiled at Meg, who still had an eyebrow raised. Then the woman stepped forward and held out a hand. “Chris — friend of Tanya. She’s told me all about you.”

Meg regarded Chris’s hand, hovering in front of her.

“All good, of course,” Chris continued.

Meg took Chris’s hand and shook it warily. “So you’re still going to have to fill in some blanks for me here.” Meg paused.

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