Things I Want My Daughters to Know: A Novel by Elizabeth Noble

Author:Elizabeth Noble
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9780061644788
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2008-04-01T10:00:00+00:00

ONCE THERE, NANCY DREW A CHAIR UP TO THE AGA, GESTURING for Amanda to sit in it. “I’m sorry Ed’s mercy dash put a spanner in your works, Amanda. He explained to me…about the phone and everything. I told him to go back up to London, but he wouldn’t leave me, sweet boy. Then I told him if you were any kind of girl, you’d give him a chance to explain, which you clearly did. In case he hasn’t convinced you, I can confirm that he was tearing his hair out, trying to get hold of you. He’d kill me for saying so, but I’ve never seen him so worked up about a girl. I’m so glad he finally did.”

“I hope it’s okay that I’m here. I don’t want to intrude….”

“Listen—we’re glad of the company. I’m glad you’re here! I know it’s miserable for my husband, stuck in the hospital, but it’s no picnic being here without him, either. Ed’s been a star. And so has his brother Tom. Dan’s away, of course, but he calls when he can.”

“It’s nice you’re so close to them all.”

“Very nice.” She nodded. “I’ve been a real drip. I surprised myself how much. Don’t know what I would have done if they hadn’t been around.”

Amanda didn’t say anything. She was thinking about Mark, and what those last few weeks with Mum must have been like for him. Thinking that she hadn’t been around.

Nancy shook herself. “Still. We’ve been very lucky. He’ll heal from the accident. And the heart attack—it was one of those warning jobs. He’ll have to give up some of his vices, but…like I say, we’ve been lucky.”

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