The New Du Rose Matriarch by K. T. Bowes

Author:K. T. Bowes [Bowes, K. T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: relationships and family, mafia family, marriage in trouble, maori language, crime and drama, suicide coping, hotel life, stalker mystery, marriage and consequences, marriage love, maori culture, culture and traditions, maori wars, romance and family, immigrant viewpoint, mystery and crime romance
Goodreads: 23006499
Publisher: K T Bowes
Published: 2013-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

The little household slept late the next morning. Hana woke, hearing the bell for first period sounding in the distance. The rest of the house was silent apart from Phoenix, who lay on her back in the double bed and worked hard to pull the sleep suit over her feet. She had lost one leg entirely and the empty material hung sideways, looking odd. As Hana watched, Phoenix turned her face towards her mother and made little ‘pah, pah’ noises with her rosy lips before opening her mouth in a happy beam. Hana laughed, her eyes crinkling with love.

“For such a little person, that is a very big smell!” Hana exclaimed after changing her daughter’s nappy. She pushed the window open on its security runner and waved fresh air into the room. “Pooh, stinky!”

Hana sat in bed, propped up against pillows feeding the baby and enjoying the luxury of reading a novel she was struggling to finish. Phoenix fed greedily and fell asleep, her little tummy looking bloated. Hana studied her proudly. It was a satisfying feeling, having the nurse weigh her child and knowing any growth was entirely attributable to her efforts. “Maybe I’m not as rubbish as I thought,” Hana whispered to the sleeping child.

She wrapped her daughter up and laid her in her cot. Then she wandered to the kitchen feeling thirsty.

Tama sprawled on the floor in his sleeping bag. He’d propped himself up against the front of the sofa with pillows behind him, watching cartoons on the television. Hana walked past, realising her mistake as he reached out and caught hold of her leg. She wore a shirt of Logan’s and although she had knickers on, the ensemble showed off her slender legs. Tama looked at her seductively and pulled the sleeping bag back with his other hand. “Fancy coming in for a cuddle?” he asked, winking.

Hana kicked out with her leg, detaching his grasp. “Don’t even think about it!” she replied, shocked. “I’m old enough to be your mother!”

Tama smiled at her naughtily. “I’m not complaining.”

“Ok then,” retorted Hana after a moment’s thought and Tama looked surprised. “I’ll ring Logan and check he doesn’t mind.”

“No! Don’t!” The lascivious smile slipped from Tama’s face and his voice rose an octave, “Please don’t Hana. I’m sorry! He’ll kill me!”

“Be quiet!” Hana chastised. “I just put the baby in her cot.”

Tama wriggled out of his sleeping bag and stood up in his boxer shorts looking ashen. He pleaded with his eyes, knowing he’d gone too far. Hana flicked the kettle on and left the room, cursing her stupidity in being immodest in front of a mixed up, horny teenager, whose moral compass was skewed and disrupted by his bizarre upbringing. Logan tried to warn her and she regretted dismissing his carefully given advice. Tama was right. If she breathed a word of his lewd suggestion to her husband, he would dismember his nephew and bury his body under the rugby pitch.

Hana showered and dressed before going back to the kitchen.

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