The Treacle Well by Moira Forsyth

Author:Moira Forsyth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd
Published: 2015-02-18T16:00:00+00:00

Esther and Jack were in the den; Louise was upstairs getting ready to go to a party. Harry and Janet were watching television in the sitting room. No wonder, Harry said, the central heating bills were so high: they were heating too many rooms. Once all these girls have left home, he told Janet, we’ll be able to turn off about half a dozen radiators.

Because Esther had firmly closed the door of the den, and they were anyway listening to Simon and Garfunkel, they might not have heard the front door opening and Margaret coming in. But the LP had come to an end, and Esther had just got up to go and make them coffee. As she went to the door she heard Margaret calling ‘I’m home – Mum – Dad – it’s me – where are you? You’ll never guess – ’

She did not even sound like Margaret, usually so calm and soft-voiced. The television was on and Janet and Harry, also behind a closed door, had not yet heard. It was Esther on her way to the kitchen and Louise at the top of the stairs, who saw her first.

Margaret was there in her coloured maxi skirt and army surplus jacket, face flushed with excitement – or shock. Later, Esther thought it was just shock.

Behind her, framed in the doorway, with her loose coat open and a leather bag over her shoulder, another larger one at her feet, was Caroline.

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