Wartime on Coronation Street by Maggie Sullivan

Author:Maggie Sullivan [Sullivan, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2021-01-21T17:00:00+00:00

She had just read the signature which was written in childish capital letters when the lights clicked off and she shuddered as she slid down under the flimsy blanket. She didn’t know what to make of it and was unable to stop shivering. She had left home to get away from her mother, but somehow Ena was still managing to interfere in her life. Vera felt a flash of shame as she realized she hadn’t yet written to Bob since she’d arrived though she’d said she would do so as soon as she got to Kent – but when had she had time? Still, she’d thought of him often while she’d been working, and she thought of him now. Then she thought of Eric. There was no comparison, so why did her mother persist in trying to push the rag-and-bone boy onto her?

She pictured going to the cinema with Bob and she was overcome by a wave of homesickness. She genuinely missed him and she hoped he missed her. It made her sad to think that he might be going to the cinema on his own and she felt angry at the thought of her mother still trying to take over her life. If it hadn’t been for Ena’s meddling, Vera would probably have been married to Bob by now. She couldn’t stop a sob escaping. She tried to cover it with a cough. but now that she had seen Eric’s so-called signature on the bottom of the page, she realized that her mother would not leave her alone until she had got her own way, and she couldn’t stop the flow of tears that spilled down her cheeks or the low sob that escaped her. Vera vowed to write to Bob the following morning before she started work and tell him that she missed him.

She heard Lily’s voice call out, ‘Everything all right, Vera?’

‘Uh huh,’ was all she could reply.

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