The Haunting of Harriet by Jennifer Button

Author:Jennifer Button
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781908596321
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
Published: 2011-10-22T21:00:00+00:00

The survival of the Circus was one thing; Liz and Edward were another. They were anything but secure in their relationship. Edward was spending more and more time at work. He left early in the morning and arrived back later and later at night. Often he stayed in town. When Liz accused him of caring more about work than family the rows began in earnest. He had been experiencing a new game-play in his wonderful world of finance. This once-benign territory had grown dangerously unpredictable. Signs that had used to be legible to him were suddenly hard to read. Investors were unsure whom to trust and had begun to flee the market altogether. He had never been afraid of competition, but he was now living through a famine where every scrap of food was fought over; you secured it or went under. His own investments were shrinking rapidly and for once his bonus was a mere drop in the proverbial rather than the tsunami of excess to which he had become accustomed. He had not shared any of this before because he did not want anyone to accuse him of failure. Being a natural optimist he believed it to be just a blip, a short down-turn of fortune. The market, in which he had total faith, would right itself given time. That market forces fluctuate was the fun of the game. One had to keep one’s head until they bottomed out and let supply-and-demand sort it. Market economy would flourish once more.

At least they owned their house. Yes, property prices were falling dramatically but, as they had no intention of selling, that had little effect on their lives. Some prudent management and they would not even notice this dip in circumstances. However, things were not improving as quickly as he had planned. All the money he had put aside was in the form of stocks and shares and was hardly worth the paper it was written on. To sell now would be crazy. They had to ride out the storm and hope for the best. But it was his job. He should have seen it coming. He was beginning to hate his job; it was making more and more demands on him, and his hair was receding at an alarming rate.

Edward stared at the man staring back at him from the bathroom mirror. It was his father. He checked his teeth. Not bad: a few crowns and a small bridge - pretty lucky after all those years of rugby. Should I invest in veneers?, he wondered. Placing his hands against his jaw he pulled the skin back towards his ears. Maybe a small nip-and-tuck? His hands slid to his hairline. He could get something to cover the grey, but what do I do about this? His fingers teased his hair back over his receding hairline. His father had gone bald at fifty; did the same fate await him? He turned his body sideways and breathed in. “Not bad,” he said aloud.

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