The Water's Lovely (v5) by Ruth Rendell

Author:Ruth Rendell [Rendell, Ruth]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780307381361
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00+00:00

Arranging their portable possessions in the two rooms over the shop in Rochester Row, Heather and Edmund had it all done by eight. They sat down side by side with mugs of tea on the table in front of them and Heather told him about the phone call she had made. ‘I’m determined to get to speak to her, Ed. I thought I could do some running myself. We really ought to take some exercise, you know, you and I. We don’t have any. I thought I could run round St James’s Park. She’d just come in from her run when I phoned so I think she goes out at seven thirty and where she lives it’s bound to be St James’s Park.’

‘What are you going to say to her?’

‘Don’t look like that. I’m going to be nice. I thought I could find out how serious she is about Andrew and if she’s not, if it’s just a bit of fun, I’m going to get her to give him up.’

‘Why should she?’

‘I don’t know why, Ed, but I think I would if someone asked me the way I asked her and if I didn’t love the man. Nothing would have made me give you up. Anyway, no one asked me. I wouldn’t have if they had. But that’s because I love you.’

After Edmund had finished kissing her and whispering that they ought to go to bed now, she said, ‘I’m going to appeal to her better nature. I’m going to tell her she’s very beautiful – her picture’s in the Evening Standard and she is – I’m going to say, you could have anyone, so please give him up for my sister’s sake.’

‘You’ve no guarantee he’d go back to Ismay or she’d take him back.’

‘She would,’ said Heather.

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