Millie's Game Plan by Rosie Dean

Author:Rosie Dean
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Contemporary Fiction, Humor, Contemporary Women, Humorous, General Humor, Literature & Fiction, Humor & Satire, Women's Fiction
ISBN: 9781493675890
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Sacha was asleep on the sofa when I got home. She was still in her dressing gown and there were empty plates on the coffee table and a nearly-consumed packet of chocolate malted milk biscuits – my biscuits. I reached for the last three and shoved half of the first one into my mouth, collapsing into the armchair and closing my eyes to enjoy the cooling taste of chocolate on my palate. I listened to Sacha’s rhythmic snores, trying to calm my breath to the same beat – and failing.

I’d just spent three hours at the police station. Josh had already gone in before me to give his statement so I’d sat in the corridor reading – or rather, not reading – the Basingstoke Gazette. When Josh had come out, he’d hugged me straightaway. It seemed that having shared something so extraordinary, we were on a page alone. It was the hug I’d needed from Lex but didn’t get, and that made me well up all over again so he’d hugged me tighter. ‘Hey, you’re probably very tired – I know I am. Why don’t you ask if you can give your statement tomorrow?’

‘I’m fine. I want to do it today. While it’s fresh in my mind.’

After stepping back to look up at him, I saw the scar above his eye. The scab was dark and there was the faint discolouration of a bruise beginning to show. I swatted away the desire to stretch up and kiss it better. ‘How’s your head; did you get it checked out?’

‘It’s a bit sore, thanks, but the hospital say I should be okay.’ His hand moved upwards but avoided touching the scar and instead, ran through his hair. ‘Do you want me to hang around? Maybe grab a coffee, after?’

I shook my head, perhaps a little too quickly. ‘I just want to go to bed. To sleep,’ I added.

He smiled kindly at me and said, ‘Good idea. Hope you sleep well,’ and I had the preposterous urge to throw my arms round his neck so he’d hug me again. Instead, I stepped away and raised my hand in a brief wave.

Now, I sat in the comparative normality of home, munching biscuits and watching Sacha, who groaned and opened an eye a fraction. ‘Hey,’ she murmured, rolling onto her side.

‘Had a good day?’ I asked.

She stretched. ‘And an even better night.’

‘How come?’

She smiled the self-satisfied smile of the sexually satiated. ‘You first. Give me all the goss on Copulating at Clavering.’

I let out a snort and fed another biscuit into my mouth.

‘Oh dear,’ she sat up. ‘That sounds ominous. Was he rubbish?’ I took a deep breath, which I guess must have transmitted my disappointment, because she stretched her hand towards me. ‘Millie, what happened?’ and then, ‘Jeez! What have you done to your face?’

I barely had the energy to tell her. ‘Don’t worry. It wasn’t Lex.’ As soon as I said, ‘I was attacked,’ she moved across to the armchair and cuddled up to me, her dressing gown gaping to show a fresh love-bite on her inner thigh.

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