The Pretty Beach Thing by Babbington Polly & Babbington Polly

Author:Babbington, Polly & Babbington, Polly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-01-28T00:00:00+00:00

An hour or so later, the velvet three-seater sofa was in the library room, its seat and back cushions had been stripped and put in the washing machine, and the inner cushions had been beaten outside. Lotta was bending over with the nozzle on the end of the vacuum, pushing it back and forth over the arms and base of the frame. She peered down at the arms, put the vacuum down, took out her phone and started searching for an upholstery cleaner. She looked up from her phone as Jack walked in with a reading lamp in his right hand, the wire trailing behind him. He held it up. ‘One very old, very nice, reading accompaniment.’

‘Yes, that’s lovely!’

‘It was in the back of the garage by an old lawnmower.’ He held up the plug. ‘Let’s hope it works.’

Lotta stepped forward. ‘Thank you.’

‘Hold that thought,’ Jack instructed. A few minutes later, he was back with a small timber table painted white. ‘This might be of use, too.’

Lotta clapped her hands together and stopped herself from squealing. She was really going to have her very own library room. It was coming together right before her eyes. ‘Thank you! If it hadn’t been for you, I probably wouldn’t have even ventured into the garage.’

Jack didn’t smile. ‘Not a problem. It’s a treasure trove of stuff in there. Gardening tools galore too. Someone at some point obviously enjoyed getting out in the garden.’ He looked out towards the overgrown lawn. ‘It’ll come up great, I think.’

Lotta followed his gaze. ‘It couldn’t get a lot worse.’

‘True,’ Jack said as he put the table down beside the sofa. ‘You’ll be able to sit in here and read for days.’ He looked at the fireplace. ‘Once you get that sorted, you could hibernate through the winter in here.’

Lotta sighed and chuckled simultaneously. ‘Thank you so much for helping me today.’

Jack looked at his watch, and Lotta interrupted him as he went to speak, ‘Sorry, yes, you must need to go. You’ve been here for hours.’

‘I was going to say that it must be time for a cup of tea.’

‘Oh, right, yes, sorry, of course. I got a bit carried away with all this,’ Lotta replied. ‘I’m going to start bringing my books in later.’ She clapped her hands together. ‘I’m so happy. I’ll go and put the kettle on.’

Once the tea was made, Lotta brought two mugs in, handed one to Jack, and pulled the biscuit tin from under her arm. She looked around as she sipped her tea. ‘I can’t believe the difference this is going to make.’ She inclined her head towards the sofa. ‘Finding that was gold.’

Jack agreed. ‘Yeah, you need to get out of that alcove, though. That can’t be healthy.’

‘I’ve grown quite attached to it.’ Lotta chuckled.

Jack ignored her comment and flicked his eyes upwards. ‘Which one are you going to get started on first.’

‘Which bedroom?’

‘Yep.’

‘I don’t know. I haven’t even thought about it.’ Lotta took a sip of her tea and dunked in a biscuit.

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