The Undercover Mother_A laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about love, friendship and parenting by Emma Robinson

Author:Emma Robinson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781786813589
Publisher: Bookouture

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After the chrome and white of the restaurant, Jenny’s kitchen felt shabby and unstylish and cramped – even though Claire had cleaned it for her whilst she babysat Henry.

Jenny tried to see her sister’s work as an act of kindness rather than judgement.

‘How was your lunch? Have you signed a new contract?’

Jenny wasn’t ready to admit what had happened. ‘Not yet. We still need to discuss what the nature of the column will be. Where’s Henry?’

‘Upstairs in his cot, having a nap. What do you mean, “the nature of the column”? I thought you were going to write this “Undercover Mother” thing?’

Jenny was impressed that Claire remembered the name of the blog. She was also impressed that Henry was taking a nap in his own cot. How had Claire managed that?

‘Possibly. Or maybe a wider subject. Like general women’s stuff. Lifestyle. Social life. You know.’

Claire narrowed her eyes. ‘You’re going back to what you did before.’

Jenny wasn’t in the mood to discuss it. She hadn’t given Mark a definite ‘no’, because he’d made her feel so uncertain about everything. He’d been so dismissive of the blog… And she had really enjoyed being out in the real world again. Maybe she could do Mark’s column and still be home enough for Henry. She needed time to think.

‘I don’t know what I’m going to do yet.’

Claire had never suffered from uncertainty in her life. She plucked her cashmere cardigan from the back of one of the kitchen chairs and slipped it on. ‘Well, I think you’re mad. Do you remember how often you were out when you were doing that job? Your husband is quite possibly the most patient man I know.’

Here we go again. ‘You don’t understand.’

Claire was pulling on her boots. ‘You’re right. I don’t. You’ve finally got a wonderful life with a husband and a baby and you want to jeopardise it by—’

‘My life has always been pretty wonderful, thank you very much.’ It was amazing how much this line still rankled with Jenny. ‘Just because you think a husband and baby is the pinnacle of success doesn’t mean that it actually is. Do you know there are women out there who don’t even want children? Can you imagine?’

Claire finished zipping up her boots and stood up. ‘I know that you think my life is the height of boredom, Jennifer, but being a mum is the most fulfilling thing I have ever done. One day you are going to look back at all the things you have missed out on and wonder if the posh lunches were really worth it.’

Jenny was too angry to trust her mouth. How dare her sister reduce her writing career to ‘posh lunches’?

Claire hadn’t finished. ‘And on that subject, you might have mentioned that Henry has started rolling over. I left him on his mat whilst I went to the toilet and he was almost at the door by the time I got back.’

Jenny froze. She had been trying for weeks now to get Henry to move.

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