The Mistletoe Matchmaker by Felicity Hayes-McCoy
Author:Felicity Hayes-McCoy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2019-08-13T16:00:00+00:00
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Pat was worried. When Ger came up to the kitchen of a morning for a cup of tea and a biscuit, he’d generally bring a bit of meat for the dinner or, if they were busy below, and he didn’t come up, he’d leave it on the bottom step of the stairs for her to nip down and collect. Four chops, maybe, or a couple of nice chicken breasts.
They still had their dinner at one o’clock on the days when Ger was home. If he was off somewhere, Pat would just make herself a sandwich, or slip over to the Garden Café for something light. You wouldn’t want as much these days as you did when you were younger. Well, she wouldn’t herself, anyway. Ger had always been a great eater.
That was one reason she was worried. Lately, he was getting fussy about his food. She’d cook the meat he’d chosen, but half the time he wouldn’t want it. He’d peck at a bit of something and then just push it around his plate.
Actually, he’d been in a queer way since they’d got back from Canada. God knew he was never much of a talker, but since they’d come back you’d think he’d been trying to avoid her. It was a busy time of year, of course, so you’d expect him to be preoccupied. But half the time, these days, he was either rushing off somewhere or saying he was tired and going to bed.
The truth was that the trip to Canada might have been a mistake. And if it was, Pat told herself sadly, it was her fault entirely. She’d been so focused on the excitement of seeing the grandkids and the lads that maybe she hadn’t realised that she could have been making bad worse. Somewhere in her mind she’d known that Sonny and Jim hadn’t stayed away just because they were busy. But in some other part of her head, she supposed, she’d thought that things might be different if they all got together. On neutral ground, you might say. And that if the lads saw that she and Ger were getting old, they’d decide to let bygones be bygones.
But maybe, before going off to Toronto, she should have made Ger sit down and talk about a will. You could see that Sonny and Jim had done well for themselves, but the fact remained that the two of them had built themselves up over there from nothing, while Frankie had just fallen in for his house and the business over here.
Pat had always assumed that, when she and Ger went, Frankie would be done right by, but the other lads would get their share as well. But perhaps that was something that should have been stated years ago. Something she should have dealt with instead of knitting hats and sending cards.
When they came back from Canada, she’d mentioned the will to Ger, casual-like, and the way he’d looked at her, you’d think she’d hit him in the face.
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