Two of a Mind by S M Stuart

Author:S M Stuart
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781784628352
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 2015-02-18T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 26

Ellingham: 3 August 2110

Great, Dez. You really did a first-rate job of that!

I walked aimlessly towards the park again. The fright of the previous day overshadowed by the more recent emotional upheaval. I found a secluded spot on the embankment leading down to the lake and sat on the dew-damp grass. I wrapped my arms around my legs and bowed my head in surrender, grinding my forehead onto my bony knees as if I could scrape away the pain. I couldn’t cope any more. Over the past weeks, too many things had happened that shifted my world to a life now filled with a bewildering onslaught of unfamiliar sensations and instability. I felt like I had my own personal earthquake following me around – tearing everything apart and leaving devastation in its path. Should I ring Alvin or wait until tomorrow to find out whether he had any explanation for what I was going through? Then I realised that, without Elizabeth’s Handi or Seth’s cooperation, I had no references for my dream memories. No matter how bad things were between us, I would have to go back to Seth and ask if he still wanted to know the truth about his mother’s death.

“Thought I’d find you here.”

I looked up in surprise. “Seth. I …”

“I know. You’re sorry!” He sat beside me. “But that doesn’t mean it didn’t hurt. It might seem unreasonable, but I was angry that you spoke to your parents without warning me first. I’d only just got used to the idea of Us myself. Then, not only do you blab about that, you go on to tell ’em about Mum’s diary.”

I shuffled awkwardly as he hesitated. My backside was getting chilled from the wet grass but my discomfort wasn’t only physical.

“And I was jealous,” he said, quietly as though embarrassed to admit it.

“Jealous?”

“Yeah! You still have your mum to confide in. You still have her to argue with and to make up to. And then you tell me that your mum thinks she could’ve saved mine. ’Course I was jealous – and furious with her. She should’ve made the effort to find out what was going on – not just been so bloody judgemental. She knew my mum better than that!” He was getting angry again.

“Mum realises that, Seth. If she could go back and do things differently, she would. She was very close to your mum. Don’t you remember the barbeques? The Juniors’ Sports Days, when they’d get together, bake for Britain and take turns at winning the mums’ race? My mum lost her best friend too. Don’t you think she’d do anything to change that?”

“Fine. You’ve made your point. Let’s move on shall we? I came to apologise for letting our first disagreement get out of hand.”

“Hardly our first disagreement, Seth Wallis.”

“As a couple it was.”

“I accept your apology on one condition,” I said.

“And that is?”

“You accept mine. I should’ve checked with you before letting on about us and definitely before telling the ’rents about Elizabeth’s Handi.

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