My Greek Island Summer by Mandy Baggot

Author:Mandy Baggot [Baggot, Mandy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781838933425
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Published: 2020-04-01T16:00:00+00:00

Thirty-Two

Villa Selino, Kerasia

‘You won’t believe it,’ Petra called. ‘I’ve found two more sets of car keys and another set labelled with the word “garage”.’ She bounced up and down on the spot like she was attached to a pogo-stick. ‘That thing covered in weeds might not be our only ride!’

It was the following mid-morning and Becky had been up early to take in the beginnings of a Corfu day with one of the last spoonsful of coffee and a scraping of dried milk powder. They really did need to get some groceries today. There had been signs of a little shop on the beach, but it hadn’t been open last night and Becky suspected it was more for inflatable doughnuts and snorkel masks than it was for bread and milk. After her coffee she had taken up residence at one of the rattan-style tables and started proper work on her catering pitch for the nursing home. So far it was going well. It had structure and order and was peppered with all the good memories of war times and VE Day celebrations. Bunting, beef dripping and eggless cakes to tie in the rationing aspect, without missing out on any of the flavour. She simply needed to hone the pricing more accurately, making sure she had accounted for every ingredient, then mark it up enough so It’s A Wrap made an excellent profit, but also ensure the client wasn’t put off by the end price. Becky might not have professionally pitched for the company before, but she knew all about costings and was an avid watcher of The Apprentice. There was no way her task of securing this party was going to melt like artisan ice lollies or sink like Tommy the Talking Turtle…

‘Where are you going?’ Becky called as Petra – dressed in one of those one-piece swimsuits that showed all your hips – danced past her, keys jingling between her fingers.

‘I’m going to look for the other cars,’ Petra announced. ‘Can you imagine what they might be? I mean, this place is high-end now the critters have gone. Did you know there’s a TV that pops up out of the breakfast bar? I had to press the button a few times but then it rose up like… like…’

Becky braced herself and closed her eyes hoping Petra wasn’t going to mention anyone’s erection.

‘Like the moon last night,’ Petra finished with a gentle smile. ‘Or the sun this morning.’

Becky opened her eyes and looked to her housemate. ‘You were awake when the sun rose this morning?’ It seemed unlikely that Petra was an early riser. It had been after one a.m. before they had gone to bed and Petra had been reluctant to go then, declaring it way way too early.

‘I ran 4k this morning at 6 a.m. I found the little village. It’s sweet. In a little village kind of way. It had nice flowers and houses all on top of each other with washing hanging out and rusty sunbeds on front porches.

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