Seven Days There by Ruth Hay

Author:Ruth Hay
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ruth Hay
Published: 2015-11-19T16:00:00+00:00

Sandra left Zoe in the gift shop looking at books about the house, and entered the long, dark hall.

She immediately felt the atmosphere there was claustrophobic so she walked quickly to the far end where there was some kind of bright light coming in.

She found herself in a white room. The light from large windows bounced around so that her eyes needed a moment to adjust. There were a few touches of colour from books on matching shelves on either side of the fireplace and a kind of display cabinet right above the fireplace, but the overwhelming sensation was one of purity and peace. Sandra sank down on the cushioned seats and breathed a sigh of relief. The room was perfect. The kind of room a mother of three active children could only dream of.

Each item was placed in exactly the right position and no one would ever dare to move a single thing.

She laughed out loud when she noticed the delicate white-painted wooden columns projecting from the walls had small inserts of mirror so that sunlight shone into her eyes. Even on a dull day, she thought, this room would be bright and cheerful. It really demanded a special outfit to match. She tugged self-consciously at her faded green skirt and old beige cardigan. She could not imagine why she was alone in these beautiful surroundings. Surely others would soon discover this treasure but she decided to relax for now and look out of the window at the lawn and the far view across fields to the lake.

She was almost drifting off when the sound of children’s voices startled her. Out on the lawn in the sunlight four children were chasing each other around to the kind of screaming laughter that is universal when children run free. A wave of emotion swept over her and it was a second or two before she could identify its source; she was feeling homesick for her grandchildren! Of course it was Monday, one of the days when the littlest ones came to spend the day so her daughter could work. Had she wedded herself so closely to this part of her weekly routine that the absence affected her when she was supposed to be on holiday?

She watched the children play and wiped a tear from her cheek. She would stay here, thinking, until another visitor arrived in the white room to claim her place.

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