Two For Joy by Patricia Scanlan

Author:Patricia Scanlan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

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‘Do you think Heather will mind?’ Lorna murmured as they drove into the car park of the Lake View Hotel.

‘Why should she? What is there to mind?’ Neil looked at her in surprise.

‘Not a thing,’ Lorna said nonchalantly, wondering privately what kind of an idiot he was. Any woman would mind her boyfriend quaffing champagne with another woman. Heather was so smug, going on about being in a ‘relationship’. Two and a bit months wasn’t that long, but the way Heather was going on you’d think they were practically married.

Mind, she had felt a few darts of envy when she’d seen Neil’s dressing-gown beside Heather’s on the back of her bedroom door. It looked so intimate and companionable. She’d never been in a relationship long enough to have her toothbrush in the bathroom, let alone her dressing-gown hanging up.

She had to admit she’d been impressed when she’d seen her cousin’s flat. It smelt new and fresh and clean and it was so bright and airy. Heather had really landed on her feet without making the slightest bit of effort and she didn’t mind rubbing Lorna’s nose in it. ‘When you’re in a relationship you do things for each other.’ Who did she think she was talking to? She watched Neil up at the bar ordering the champagne. His suit was expensive. He looked the part of the young, successful man about town. He’d definitely smartened himself up a lot. He’d told her on the car journey to the hotel that he was considering buying a garage in Navan in the next few years but that his dream was to own a big showroom in Dublin. At least he had a bit of get up and go in him, he wasn’t going to stagnate in Kilronan. He wasn’t bad-looking in a rough sort of way, she thought grudgingly. His black hair, cropped tight, was much more attractive than the wild mop of longish hair he used to have. He had nice brown eyes too. She could possibly fancy him if she let herself, she decided. And she knew she could have him too, if she wanted. She’d seen the way he’d looked at her in the swimming-pool and gym. That might wipe the smug smirk off Heather’s face. If she couldn’t keep her boyfriend, that was her problem. It might shut her up boasting about being in a ‘relationship’.

‘Would you like to have dinner? I’m hungry,’ Neil declared out of the blue as he came and sat in the chair opposite her.

‘Why not?’ Lorna agreed. It was better than sitting at home twiddling her thumbs. She was all packed and ready to go, her parents were out at a golf dinner, she was at a loose end.

‘We didn’t book, that’s the only thing,’ Neil remarked.

‘I’ll have a word with the maître d’. I know him,’ Lorna offered.

‘Friends in high places,’ Neil teased and she laughed. Half an hour later they were sitting at a candlelit table and Lorna was quite giddy.

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