A Love Story for Bewildered Girls: 'Utterly gorgeous' Pandora Sykes by Emma Morgan
Author:Emma Morgan [Morgan, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780241357774
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2018-09-04T00:00:00+00:00
This is Grace not taking Sam home to Ravel Corner
Great Aunt Beatrice rang her. Cyril had had a fall. Could they come? Grace said yes of course, straight away. It would never have occurred to her to refuse Beatrice or Cyril anything. She considered things. She and Sam had been going out for three months now; was it too early to ask Sam to come with her? She dithered. Her family were mostly nice. Sam was nice too and so why shouldnât they get on? But what if they didnât like her, how would that make Grace feel? And what if Sam didnât like them; there were so many of them, and all so full on. She decided in the end to be a grown-up about it and let Sam decide.
âNo thanks,â said Sam, who was washing up in her flat while Grace stood behind her. Why have I chosen to ask her now, thought Grace, and therefore miss the chance of seeing her face. Now what am I supposed to say? I donât want to grill her on why she doesnât want to come, I donât want to show her how disappointed I am, maybe it is better that Iâm standing behind her.
âAre you busy this weekend?â
âNot particularly.â
âThen come, theyâre nice, youâll like them.â
âI donât do family.â
âOh. Why not?â
âI just donât do them.â
âWill I meet your family?â
âTheyâre a long way away, so probably not.â
âRight,â said Grace. âWell, youâll like my sisters, I think, theyâre great. Well, Eustacia and Tess are. Bella not so much, sheâs an acquired taste but sheâs entertaining at least. Please come.â
âNo thanks.â
âOK,â said Grace in a way she hoped didnât sound passive aggressive. âI might be a couple of days. It depends on how my grandfather is.â
âOK,â said Sam. âDo you want some tea?â
âIâm pretty worried about him.â
âYes, I expect you are. Tea?â
Grace didnât understand. Sam wasnât a callous person, she was nothing but kind. Grace had seen her helping children in the park to find their lost mittens.
âHeâs very old, you see, and unsteady, and this isnât the first time heâs fallen. And Beatrice is very old too and she shouldnât really be caring for him on her own. And so Iâve got to go.â
âSure,â said Sam.
Would you just listen to what I am trying to tell you, thought Grace; she decided on directness, none of this pussyfooting around.
âI would like you to come. It would help me.â
âSorry, Grace,â said Sam, turning towards her at last, âIâve got things to do.â
Grace fought back a sudden urge to take Sam by the arms and shake her. Why the hell wasnât she listening properly? Instead Grace put her hands in her pockets.
âOK, well, Iâll ring you.â
âFine,â said Sam.
There wasnât any more that Grace could do or say, it seemed, but it was the first time that she had ever felt angry with Sam.
It was funny going âhomeâ. Everything was the same, a time warp. The long potholed drive the car struggled along that they had used to swerve down in the Land Rover.
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