Take It Easy by Pat Rosier

Author:Pat Rosier
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: friendship, relationships, family ties, lesbian story
Publisher: Pat Rosier

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Chapter 12

‘It’s a Triumph, it goes with my new position.' You certainly sound triumphant, Isobel thought. They were standing at the window looking out through drizzling rain at the car parked by the gate. Cream, with brown, or maybe maroon, trim.

‘I could learn to drive,’ Isobel said.

‘No!.' Bob’s tone made it clear what he thought about that. ‘It’s a work car, only I can drive it. But I’ll have it all the time, you know, weekends, we won’t have to get the bus to go to Mum and Dad’s.

Whoopee. She imagined sitting in the back, holding the two boys trying to keep them still, driving to Bob’s parents.

‘You don’t seem very pleased.’ That edge in his voice again. Appreciate me, it said, tell me I’m smart and doing well.

‘Sorry.' She did her best to smile. ‘I’m impressed, really, it’s just that I’m so tired all the time.’ With a big effort she put her hand on his arm. ‘The teething goes on and on and on, they slept better when they were babies.’

‘Regional sales and service manager.' He couldn’t help being pleased with himself, and patted her hand. ‘I knew that job had my name on it.’

‘Yes, you said.’ She tried for more enthusiasm. ‘My mother is most impressed! And so am I, of course.’

Bob moved away from the window. ‘If it wasn’t raining we could all go for a spin. We’ll do it at the weekend, I promise.’ Isobel moved off to the kitchen to finish dinner. Both boys were asleep. Bob hadn’t noticed that he had woken her up, coming in excited, wanting to show her the car. Of course he was excited, he hadn’t had a car of his own before. Obviously he had a driver’s licence, she hadn’t known that. She wished she was more pleased. It was harder and harder to feel anything. Just walking around the house sometimes she felt as though she was dragging herself through syrup. But there were other days when she was desperate to get out, and would put the boys in their pram – the pram they would be too big for very soon – and go out in any weather and walk and walk, to her mother’s, to the shops, the library or nowhere in particular, just around the streets until she turned and made her way home. They could sit now, with the support of the pram, and lean forward, twist around, pull at the sides, she had to use the harnesses.

Bob had followed her into the kitchen. He leant against the door and watched her pour frozen peas into a pot. ‘It will mean being away overnight a bit, this new job,’ he was telling her, ‘maybe a couple of nights a week.’

‘That’s all right.’ She didn’t look at him for fear her pleasure showed. No evening meal to get. No trying to get the boys to sleep in their cots. Doing things at any time of the night or day and sleeping whenever she could.

‘You

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