Summer at Croftwood Cinema: Finding love and taking chances in a sunny small town by Victoria Walker

Author:Victoria Walker [Walker, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ever After Books
Published: 2023-05-01T16:00:00+00:00

The following morning it was Patsy’s turn to open up the coffee house. She was desperate to talk to Oliver about her idea of a golden age of Hollywood theme for the backstage area. Normally, he wouldn’t come in until late morning, just before the lunch rush, but now he was back in the flat upstairs while he sorted things out — or not — with Amy, Patsy was hoping he might venture down in search of coffee a lot earlier.

Not long after she’d served her first wave of customers, Matt came in. He was wearing a suit which was quite unusual for him and he was clean-shaven and had done his hair. He looked very smart.

‘Job interview or court?’ she joked, starting to make his usual latte.

‘Court.’

She laughed but then looked at his face and realised he wasn’t joking.

‘Oh, god. Sorry. Is it to do with the divorce?’

’Yes. It’s a formality to do with access to the twins. Well, I hope it’s a formality.’

Patsy didn’t know what to say. She knew he was a great dad but had seen first-hand how hard it was to manage when his work schedule wasn’t always nine to five.

‘I’d offer you a croissant but I don’t want you to get crumbs on your tie.’

He smiled. ‘That’s okay, the coffee will be fine. Is Oliver about?’

‘He’s upstairs, not due in until later.’

‘Upstairs, like living up there again?’ Matt looked a little more relaxed now there was someone else’s drama to focus on.

‘For now. I don’t think things are great with him and Amy. Whether it’s a break or the end, I’m not sure.’ In fact, she was pretty sure, but didn’t want to sound gloomy since Matt was probably already having a bad day.

‘It’s a shame she didn’t want in on the cinema project. She was pretty keen when they did this place up together. I guess a big project either draws you together or drives you apart,’ he said, looking wistful.

‘I suppose you see a lot of that, people embarking on massive projects together and what it does to their relationships.’ Patsy leant her elbow on the counter, resting her chin in her hand, while Matt stirred his coffee, in no rush to take a seat.

‘So how is your relationship?’ His eyes darted to look her in the eye very briefly as if he knew he might be on dangerous ground.

‘You mean after the cinema ditching?’

‘At least you were with me and Oliver. It could have been worse.’

‘It could. We’ve decided to be friends.’

‘I did wonder whether there was any coming back from that, frankly.’

‘It was a mutual decision but he seemed more worried about losing the projector makeover than me, so it’s probably for the best.’

Matt laughed. ‘As long as you’re alright, that’s the main thing.’

‘I am, thank you.’ She grinned and began to tidy the counter just as Oliver appeared.

‘Morning, Pats. Any chance of a coffee?’ he asked, before sitting at the table nearest the counter, where Matt joined him.

‘No problem. I’ll come and join you while it’s quiet because I’ve had a great idea.

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