Oh Crumbs by Kathryn Freeman

Author:Kathryn Freeman [Freeman, Kathryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Contemporary, Romance
Publisher: Choc Lit Ltd
Published: 2018-04-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

It had been two days since Abby had pounced on her boss in his car, snogged him by her front door and then been told she was too childish/innocent/naïve for him.

It still hurt like a bitch.

Who did he think she was, Mary flipping Poppins? She wasn’t a virgin. She knew that sex didn’t automatically lead to love and marriage, nor did she need it to.

Liar. You’re falling for him.

She sighed, picked up the basket of dirty laundry and trudged downstairs. Sundays sucked.

‘Give that here.’ At the bottom of the stairs her father held out his hands for the basket.

‘Do you even remember where the washing machine is?’

He grunted. ‘Less of your cheek. I plumbed the damn thing in. I know where it is.’ His eyes fell on the washing. ‘You might need to remind me what setting to put it on, so the colours don’t run.’

As they threw the clothes into the machine, more footsteps echoed down the stairs. Not echoing, Abby realised. Clomping. She turned round just in time to see Mandy giving a sandy-haired male a goodbye kiss. ‘Was that Roger I just saw leaving?’ she asked as Mandy wandered towards them, holding George. Abby stared pointedly at her watch. ‘At ten o’clock on a Sunday morning?’

Mandy just smiled and kissed the gurgling chap in her arms. ‘Maybe.’

‘Well, well. Things have certainly moved on in the last few weeks.’ An unwanted stab of jealousy shot through her. Mandy and Roger were patching things up, yet her own love life had fizzled out like a reject firework.

Mandy flushed. ‘Is it too quick? I don’t want to seem like a total slut.’

‘I won’t have anyone calling one of my daughters a slut,’ their father grumbled. ‘Especially herself.’

‘And anyway, it’s hardly slutty to spend the night with the father of your child.’ Abby reached out her arms. ‘Oh, come here you big slag. Give your father and sister a hug. I’m delighted things are working out for you. Really I am.’

George let out a stream of giggles and kicked his legs as they shared a group hug.

‘It’s still early days,’ Mandy said, when they broke apart. ‘And I know I shouldn’t look too far into the future.’ She broke into a grin. ‘But what the heck. It feels right this time. Roger’s changed. All the bits I fell for are still there, this time in a more grown-up package. He told me he’s just woken up to the fact that he’s a dad and he wants to make George and me proud.’

Again Abby pushed aside the sting of jealousy. She was too young to want a husband and child. She was just starting her career.

Mandy touched her arm. ‘I’m sorry you and Doug didn’t work out. He seemed like a really good guy. Roger raves about him. Doug this, Doug that. It’s like the man’s some sort of God to him.’

‘Yeah. He is amazing,’ Abby sighed to herself as Mandy walked away. ‘When he wants to be.’

She hadn’t realised she’d said the words out loud until her father put his arm round her shoulders.

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