The Bad Mothers' Book Club: A Laugh-Out-Loud Novel Full of Humour and Heart by Keris Stainton

Author:Keris Stainton [Stainton, Keris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Family & Relationships, Parenting, Parent & Adult Child, Marriage & Long-Term Relationships, Humor, Topic, Marriage & Family, Fiction, Friendship, Motherhood, Family Life, Marriage & Divorce, Cooking, Beverages, Alcoholic, Wine
ISBN: 9781409175872
Google: gMZbDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Published: 2019-04-18T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

‘So?’ Beth said, the following morning after the school run. ‘Tell all. Did you meet the nanny? Did you take photos of the house? Did you get drunk and flash them?’

‘Almost,’ Emma said. ‘I only noticed on the way home that the pin had come out of my top and my bra was showing.’

Hanan winced. ‘And no one told you?’

The three of them had gone straight from school to Saucer and commandeered the big table in front of the window. Mohammed was asleep and Beth’s twins were engrossed in an episode of Peppa Pig on a shared iPad.

‘Right?’ Emma said. ‘But maybe they were embarrassed?’ Or she’d wondered if maybe they hadn’t noticed. But they had to have noticed, it was really showing.

‘We would absolutely tell you,’ Beth said. ‘Me and Hanan. Your real friends.’

Emma laughed. ‘I can promise I am not dumping you two for them. They weren’t even really friendly.’

‘Were they mean?’ Beth asked.

Emma shook her head. ‘No, not mean. Just … not friendly. They were fine. It was fine. But no I didn’t meet the nanny – I saw her when she came in, but Jools didn’t introduce her – and I didn’t take any photos, sorry.’

‘Well you’re rubbish,’ Beth said. ‘If you go again, you need to sneak some pics. What’s the house like?’

‘Actually gorgeous,’ Emma said. She told them about the house, about what Jools had been wearing, about Eve and Flic and Maggie.

‘You know what?’ Emma said. ‘The thing I don’t understand is all the maintenance it must take to look that good all the time. Like I expected her to be in jeans and a jumper at home, you know? But she wasn’t – everything was perfect. The others were all dressed up too. When I get home, I get into my pyjamas.’

‘She always looks perfect,’ Beth said. ‘She has lip fillers and botox and eyelash extensions.’

‘She doesn’t!’ Emma said. ‘Does she?’

Beth nodded. ‘I know a girl who works in the salon she goes to. And she had her make-up and hair done professionally before the nativity. Because the paper came.’

‘Oh my god,’ Emma said. ‘I can’t even imagine. I put lipstick on the night we went out for dinner and that was the first time since we left London. I just … Who could be bothered?’

‘I guess she’s got an image to maintain? With her husband being a footballer?’ Hanan said.

‘That’s true,’ Emma said. ‘But like I could imagine that if she was going to events and stuff with him. But just day to day? Or for the nativity?! It must be exhausting.’

Jools hadn’t been able to get out of bed. She felt like she was suffering from the world’s worst hangover, even though she wasn’t drinking, had only drunk orange juice the night before, but every part of her body ached and her temples were beating like a steel drum. It seemed to take her longer to recover after each bout of chemo. The nurse had explained that chemo sometimes

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