A Love Like This by Maria Duffy

Author:Maria Duffy
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781510733701
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2018-05-13T16:00:00+00:00

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Donna lay in bed beside Bob and, in a funny sort of way, his gentle snores were relaxing her. Or maybe it was the few glasses of wine she’d had earlier. Either way, she felt happy. It had been a good night and it was going to be a wonderful Christmas. She thought back to Christmas last year and smiled at the memory of her kiss on the beach with Leo. Then she shuddered at the thought of her indiscretion afterwards.

She’d had some fun times on her travels. It all seemed like a different lifetime ago but she was glad she’d done it. It wasn’t as though she’d just fecked off on her jollies – she’d done it with a purpose in mind. Tina. Tears immediately sprung to her eyes at the thought of her sister. She felt sad about her mam too, but Tina was the one she really mourned.

She turned onto her other side and tried to clear the dark fuzz that was threatening to consume her again. She let her thoughts turn to Lexie and how wonderful it was to have her around again. Tomorrow, thanks to Jan giving her the day off, she was going to spend the entire day with Lexie and they were going to go Christmas shopping. Donna couldn’t wait. She’d never really had a good girlfriend to go shopping with since Lexie had left. Tina had never really been into shopping and then after the fire … Jesus! There she was again, letting morbid thoughts overtake her.

Christmas Day was only a few days away and she was really looking forward to it. She and Bob were going to have dinner with Jan and Chris and they’d even invited Lexie over for the evening. It was great that there were no arguments between her and Bob about where they’d have Christmas dinner – his family was her family.

The light seeping through the curtains shone on her jade-green dress, which she’d hung on the front of the wardrobe, and Donna stared at it for a moment. Ever since she was a child, she’d believed in signs. She knew that most of them were just things she made up – situations or things she manipulated in her own mind to give her hope. But looking at the dress shining in the dark room, she felt a renewed sense of hope. It was a sign that things were changing. She was moving on. At last she felt strong enough to leave the past behind and move on with what she knew was going to be a wonderful future.

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