It's Now or Never by June Francis

Author:June Francis [June Francis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Published: 2014-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

It was Easter Saturday and the sun was shining as Lynne came out of Edie’s hairdresser’s next to St Alban’s pub in Whitefield Road. She almost collided with Hester and Jeanette.

‘You’re early,’ said Hester, eyeing her hairdo.

‘I have to get Nan up and see everything is OK for her and Bobby,’ said Lynne, smiling. ‘They’re both coming to see the wedding. How are you feeling this morning? Not a bag of nerves, I hope.’

‘A bit jittery,’ said Hester, pulling a face. ‘Praying that everything goes off smoothly. At least I don’t have to worry about traffic jams from here to Whalley preventing Ally from getting to the church on time. He was staying with my friend Wendy and her husband last night.’

‘That’s great,’ said Lynne, ‘and you have the sun, too.’ She held her face up to its rays.

‘We could do with the wind dropping,’ said Jeanette, rubbing her arms. ‘It’s still a bit chilly.’

‘Give it time,’ said Lynne. ‘By this afternoon, it could be a lot warmer.’ She hesitated. ‘Thanks for dropping my pattern book in the other week, by the way, Jeanette. How is Betty?’

‘A bit glum-faced. I told her that she should have got you to make her a couple of frocks, even though she says she’s not going to Italy. I don’t know why she’s allowed what Maggie said to undermine her confidence. She must know she’s got artistic talent.’

‘I certainly think she has,’ said Lynne. ‘I love her painting and have it in my bedroom. Bobby’s a bit put out, says she never thought I’d go for modern art. She’s done a rather nice sketch of that singer, Tony.’

‘Well, Tony’ll be singing at the do this evening and Betty will be there, too.’ Hester paused. ‘We’d best go inside. Our appointment is in five minutes. See you this afternoon, Lynne.’

‘I’m really looking forward to seeing your outfit finished,’ said a smiling Jeanette, fluttering her fingers at Lynne before following Hester into the hairdresser’s.

As Lynne went on her way, she thought about the outfit she had made for the wedding and prayed that she had not overdone it. She had spent more than was sensible on materials and would hate Hester to think she was trying to outshine the other guests. Lynne’s problem was that she needed more customers if she was to continue to be self-employed and she wanted to make an impression that said See how talented I am. As much as she hated to think of Nan passing away, it was a fact of life that when people grew old they died. Without Nan’s pension and small savings, finances would be even tighter than they were now. Perhaps best not to dwell on that at the moment. Today was one of celebration. If the worst came to the worst then she could always pawn her mother’s jewellery and accept her stepfather’s offer to pay for Roberta to go to America.

To Lynne’s delight and surprise when she arrived home she found a postcard on the mat of the Trevi Fountain in Rome.

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