A Touch of Templeton by P.E. Campbell

Author:P.E. Campbell
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781786237071
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
Published: 2016-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Friday

I checked in with Joyce, as promised, and did my best to get her back on side but she thwarted my attempts and demanded to know who I was seeing. Even if I wanted to tell her, it would have served no purpose because now I knew about Charlotte, it would only be a matter of time before whatever Richard and I had ended, so what good would it do? The less she knew the better.

I had not seen Richard since we left each other at the Ritz. I know I should have been ready to hang, draw and quarter him but had resigned myself to the fact that our time was precious and I was not going to let anything spoil it. I had no idea where he was taking me, but knowing Richard, it was definitely going to be something I had never experienced before.

What made matters worse was Richard insisted on picking me up at the flat and he would not take no for an answer, which meant I spent most of the evening tidying up. I wondered what he would make of my humble abode. He probably had his own personal valet or something, but I was by no means ashamed of my place; I loved it and it was my home. I worked hard to pay the mortgage every month, which I somehow knew Richard would appreciate.

I was glad that I had taken Anna’s advice to buy one pair of expensive shoes that must be black, as they would go with anything. I pulled out the shoebox containing my LK Bennett’s, removed them carefully from the box and examined them. They set me back three hundred pounds; the most I had ever spent on any shoe I own. I suddenly thought about how this would be a flash in the pan for someone like Charlotte Hemmings, but quickly decided that if I stood a chance of getting through this evening I must take all my feelings for her and seal them away in an imaginary chest in the corner of my mind.

I was still in my robe when I heard the doorbell and panicked, as Richard was not due for another hour. On opening the door, a stone faced Anna barged past me and into the flat without saying hello.

“Oh come in why don’t you.” I said.

“I want to know everything! It’s the least you can do after the grilling your sister has been giving me … Oh my God, this dress is wicked.”

I entered the front room to find Anna sizing the white dress up against her body in my living room mirror.

“You do know this is an original? OMG I cannot even begin to think how much this set him back. I’m not even going to ask … ok, tell me, how much did this set him back?”

“I didn’t ask.” I carefully removed the dress from Anna and returned it to my bedroom. Anna followed me in, sitting on the bed, intensely watching me apply the final touches to my make-up.

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