Josephine Cox Sunday Times Bestsellers Collection by Josephine Cox

Author:Josephine Cox [Josephine Cox]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2014-06-03T00:00:00+00:00

Having arrived in Bedford town, Harry parked the Hillman at the back of Jacobs’ Emporium and made his way inside the staff entrance.

‘Morning, Harry!’ That was the effervescent Amy, chirpy as ever. ‘Fighting fit, are you?’

Looking more like sixteen than twenty-four, with her mousey-coloured hair in a pigtail down her back and a white shirt that gave her the demeanour of a schoolgirl, she merrily informed him, ‘Mr Jacobs isn’t about and Len is up in the office working out his round. I’m just making a brew, so d’you want a cuppa while you wait?’ She had taken to Harry the first time he walked into the shop. He was good-looking and easy-natured, though there was something about him that made her want to cuddle him and tell him not to worry, that everything would be all right.

Harry shook his head. ‘I’ve had enough tea this morning to float a battleship,’ he laughed. Still full from breakfast, he wanted to be able to tackle the streets of Bedford without puffing and panting at the slightest little hill he might come across.

He did have a question though. ‘This tallyman job – what’s it really like?’ he asked. He’d chatted to her about it last time, before his interview, but his nerves had got in the way and he still didn’t really know what he was letting himself in for.

‘It’s okay, I guess.’ Leaning forward across her desk, she crossed her arms, and gazed up at him, as though waiting for his next question.

‘What’s “okay” supposed to mean exactly?’ Harry was amazed that from the very first, he had fallen so naturally into conversation with this bright, curious little creature.

Amy briefly pondered, then she sat up straight and explained, ‘Well, it means that some days you can go from house to house with never a problem. The sun is shining. You knock on the door, they open it, hand you the money with a smile; you sign their little tally-book, and away you go, job done – unless, of course, you’re offered a piece of cake that you can’t refuse.’

Harry got all that. ‘Right, so that’s some days. What about the others?’

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