Lessons in Love: A BRAND NEW second chances romantic comedy from Hannah Lynn (The Lonely Hearts Book Club Series 2) by Hannah Lynn

Author:Hannah Lynn [Lynn, Hannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paper Cat Publishing
Published: 2023-10-19T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 23

Jules traipsed back upstairs with the two bottles of wine, placed one in front of Fleur, along with her card, then took the other and filled her glass to the very top. Only when she had polished off half of it, with all her friends staring at her in mild disbelief, did she pick up the bottle and explain.

“It was from Flick. Nate’s wife,” Jules said, then promptly polished off the rest of her glass while the rest of them bombarded her with questions.

The next morning, Jules’s head hurt. A lot. Every year, hangovers got worse and worse, but she couldn’t remember feeling this bad for a long time. A feeling that was made all the worse by the fact she could only remember snippets of the night.

Did we do karaoke? she wrote on the group chat, only for her phone to go wild with a series of photos of her with a microphone. In one of them, she was kneeling on the ground, head back with the mic above her like she was Freddie Mercury at Wembley. It would have been humiliating in any situation, but Jules couldn’t sing. Unlike Maria – who could have gone professional – she could barely pitch a note, let alone hold a tune. Thankfully, no one had any videos. At least, that was what they told her.

As Austin was going straight to sailing from James’s, Jules should have had the entire morning to be productive, or perhaps even spend time on herself, browsing the charity shops or antique fairs, or maybe going for a walk. Instead, she set herself up in front of the television with painkillers and an enormous glass of water, hoping to feel half human by the time her son arrived home.

Thankfully, the rest of the weekend was uneventful. Having missed out on Friday night films, Austin was keen to curl up with her and watch something that evening, and she even managed to drag herself out of the house and down to the Co-op to grab a couple of pizzas. And while she wasn’t feeling entirely fresh when Monday morning rolled around, she had at least planned all her lessons and was ready to work. Which was good, because this next week was going to be a long one; preparation for the school play had begun.

The first school she had worked at hadn’t bothered about plays and shows. They had performed a nativity variation each year – “Dennis the Donkey” or “The Angel Who Lost Her Wings” – but it was more out of obligation and tradition than any desire to perform. In such situations, the events took place on a makeshift stage, in front of the normal white background of the school hall.

But St Catherine’s was different. St Catherine’s prided itself on its performing arts. The hall had a permanent stage, with proper curtains that could be opened and closed during set changes. Each performance was planned down to the minutest of details.

It would be easy to

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