Love and Marriage by Love & Marriage (retail) (epub)

Author:Love & Marriage (retail) (epub)
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781788639163
Publisher: Canelo
Published: 2020-03-11T00:00:00+00:00

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Janice was pleased to be able to further her friendship with Val now that she was living in Yorkshire. Her school friends from Blackpool were all away at training college or university and she had missed them during the term times. She had no regrets, though, that she had been unable to go to university as had originally been planned. It had been her own decision when her mother was taken ill to give up her college place and stay at home to keep the hotel going to the best of her ability. Phil had worked along with her for a while, leaving his home and work in Yorkshire to make use of his talents as a chef at the Butler family hotel. It seemed to her now that fate had played a hand when she had met him at the Winter Gardens on that memorable night in the August of 1955. Now they were married and looking forward to starting their own business and living in their own home.

Phil drove her to Val’s home one Saturday in early June. He was off to Harrogate to see how the work was progressing on their property and would call back for her later.

Janice was pleased to see that Val was quite cheerful and optimistic following the great disappointment of losing her baby the previous month.

‘It’s done me a world of good going back to the office,’ she told Janice. ‘I was looking forward so much to being at home but I found that I didn’t settle to it at all. I was so used to going off each morning and being busy that I couldn’t get used to having all that free time. And I also had too much time to think about everything. Anyway, it’s great to see you, Janice. So… have you any news?’

‘Well, I’m getting on OK with my in-laws!’ replied Janice. ‘I knew it would work out all right, though. Patience and Ralph have always made me feel welcome, but it will be nice to get into our own place. It’ll be a couple of months, though, yet. We must try not to be impatient. I do have some other news, though. My dad is getting married at the end of this month. He rang to tell us last week.’

‘Oh… I see.’ Val looked taken aback, as though she did not know whether to say how nice it was… or not. ‘So how do you feel about it?’ she asked.

‘It was not really a surprise,’ answered Janice. ‘I think we had been expecting it. Norma is a very pleasant person – nothing like Mum, though, which is just as well. She’s certainly been good for Dad. He’s cheered up and he’s out and about a lot more and made new friends. Yes, it’s… good.’

‘How long is it since your mum…?’

‘It’s two years now, so we can’t accuse him of rushing into it. I’m much more resigned to it than Ian, though. I’ve tried to talk to him and tell him that Dad loves us as much as ever and that he’ll never forget Mum.

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