The Gypsy King by Julie Shaw

Author:Julie Shaw [Shaw, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Violet Lee nudged her friend, almost knocking the china teacup from her hands, ‘she’s here, Della,’ she said as the door opened and Mirela walked in, ‘leave it to me.’

‘Oh, hi, mammy, hi, Della,’ Mirela said, smiling at them both, ‘I think I’m going to have a lie down. I didn’t get much sleep last night.’

‘Oh no you don’t, madam,’ Violet said, standing up, ‘you’ll come on in here and sit with us for a bit. There’s things we need to talk about.’

Violet watched the range of emotions flitting across her daughter’s face and felt a heavy sense of dread. For days now she’d ignored the rumours flying around the site about her girl. It was par for the course living on a site within a small community. Tittle tattle was all it was, surely? Mirela wouldn’t dare be sneaking off to spend time with a boy. A boy who wasn’t her betrothed, and definitely not a gorger boy. She wasn’t that stupid, was she? She certainly looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights right now.

‘Don’t look so scared chickadee,’ Della said, causing Violet to scowl at her, ‘it’s just me and your mammy, we’ve been hearing some rumours is all.’

‘I can tell by her face!’ Violet spat, ‘it’s not all lies at all, is it, girl? What the hell is going on? I want the truth!’

‘I don’t know what you’re talking about, Mammy,’ Mirela said as she edged her way around the trailer to sit at the couch opposite the one Violet was at, ‘what rumours? You know what the gossips are like around here.’

Violet felt like slapping her daughter, the cocky little mare. It was clear she was up to something, and she knew it now, it was written all over her face. She struggled to fight down the rage and remain composed as she stared at the girl. If all she’d heard was true, then Bo Lee was going to go ballistic. Minimum! Della had been with her all morning trying to get her to ignore the whispers, the knowing looks and the smug comments from the other women, but now Violet knew without a doubt it had all been justified. They all knew something she didn’t. Well, she was damn sure she was going to get to the bottom of it.

‘Just shut your mouth and listen, girl,’ she said as evenly as she could, pointing a finger at her daughter, ‘you’ve been sneaking off away from here and lying to me about it. That’s a fact, so you can admit that first and foremost, right now.’

Mirela looked shocked and her cheeks reddened before she answered. ‘Okay, mammy, you’re right,’ she said, ‘I have been, but it’s nothing sinister, I swear!’

‘I fecking knew it!’ Violet said, throwing her arms up above her head, ‘and there’s you, Della,’ she went on, swinging around to her friend, ‘there’s you telling me I’m wrong, and that my daughter wouldn’t be so stupid!’ She turned back to Mirela, ‘it’s a boy isn’t it? A fecking gorger at that!’

‘Mammy, no!’ Mirela yelled, ‘no, it’s not.

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