London, Can You Wait? by Jacquelyn Middleton

Author:Jacquelyn Middleton [Middleton, Jacquelyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Kirkwall Books
Published: 2017-10-25T18:30:00+00:00

Twenty-Four

“Sorry I took so long.” Lucy shoved through the door, her eyes hidden underneath the wet, faux fur trapper hat that was swallowing her face. “Fucking Elephant and Castle.” Exhausted, she placed an umbrella and two full shopping bags on Alex’s apartment floor with a thud.

Cheeks streaked with tears, Alex plunged her swollen nose into a handful of disintegrating tissue. “How am I going to get through this?” She clutched a rectangular blue, green, and pink tin decorated with hearts and birds against her chest.

Lucy’s arms flew open. “One shitty day at a time, babe. Come here…”

Alex’s knees buckled, her body collapsing into Lucy’s embrace. “I feel like I’ve fallen under the wheels of a bus—on purpose.” Her body shook with sobs as Lucy held her. “Freddie texted me, ‘What have you done?”’

“Oh, ignore Freddie. And fuck Mark.” Lucy pulled back, making close eye contact. “What you need right now is the Bezzie Mate Treatment…” She opened her shopping bags. “See? Ice cream, wine, vodka, oven chips, Lucky Charms, Pizza Express dough balls, triple chocolate cookies, cheese strings…oh, and I can confirm… Kick Ass, Kill Bill, and Waiting to Exhale are still on Netflix. Or if you need comfort and the soothing tones of Whishy, there’s always Bright Star or The Hour, even Spectre if you fancy some Q in a wooly hat. We’re all sorted for the weekend.”

Alex chased breaths between sobs and dove a hand into a bag. “Chicken Christmas trees with…BBQ dip?”

“The chicken trees were marked down—clearance. Actually, most of this stuff was on offer.”

“Thanks, Lucy. I need a food hug.”

“Hey, wanna mainline carbs? I’m your girl.” Lucy dumped her backpack on the floor and frogmarched Alex into her bedroom. “C’mon, let’s put on our jim-jams. I want to hear everything.”

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