The Mum Who Got Her Life Back by Fiona Gibson

Author:Fiona Gibson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780008310974
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2018-12-19T23:00:00+00:00

‘Yeah. It was Alfie’s idea actually. I’m not sure if he’ll come up with anything, but you never know …’

‘I really appreciate it,’ I tell her as I finish my lunch in the shop’s back room. ‘So, what’re you up to later? Fancy meeting up, or coming over, or—’

‘Could we just have a quick drink?’ she asks. ‘I’m at the studio …’

‘Great, yes. You can come over to mine afterwards, if you like.’

‘I’d love to but Alfie’s full of the cold. I did say I’d bring some provisions home and rustle up dinner.’

‘Right, of course …’

I hear her sigh. ‘It’s been a bit crap lately, hasn’t it?’

‘It’s fine,’ I say firmly. ‘You have tons of stuff on, I get that …’ I’m doing my utmost to not sound like a needy houseplant, requiring constant tending. However, when we meet after work I can’t help feeling slightly disappointed that one drink is all we manage before her phone rings.

‘Oh, Alf. Can’t you get hold of Molly and use her key?’ she asks tersely, mobile gripped to her ear. She exhales loudly and rolls her eyes at me. ‘You don’t have a jacket on? It’s not that cold, love. Yes, I know you’re ill …’ The pub is busy, as it’s Friday evening and there’s a sense of bubbling good humour as the night is only just beginning. But not for us, as Nadia has to leave straight away. ‘He went out,’ she explains, snatching her jacket from the back of her chair.

‘Really? Why?’ I thought he was ill, is what I mean. But apparently, he was so desperate for Lemsip while Nadia’s been in the pub – we’ve been here for less than half an hour – that he ventured out by himself, shut the door behind him and had forgotten his keys. ‘And now,’ she says with a grimace, ‘he’s locked himself out.’

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