Sunset in St. Tropez by Danielle Steel

Author:Danielle Steel [Steel, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
ISBN: 9780307566874
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2002-04-03T07:00:00+00:00

7

THE NEXT MORNING, AS PASCALE MADE BREAKFAST FOR all of them, John arrived in the kitchen looking somewhat panicked. He was holding a brass handle in one hand, as Agathe drifted through, wearing a leopard bikini, platform shoes, and wearing a Walkman as she carried a dustbin and sang to herself loudly. John stopped long enough to stare at her in disbelief, as Pascale continued to scramble eggs, looking totally unconcerned by the vision Agathe presented. She had gotten used to her by then, and seemed entirely oblivious to her appearance.

“The toilet is flooding!” John announced, waving the brass handle at her. “What am I supposed to do about it?”

“I don’t know. Can’t you deal with it? I’m cooking.” Pascale looked vaguely amused as he continued to wave the brass handle in her direction. “Why don’t you call Marius and get him to help you?” she suggested, and he rolled his eyes in irritation.

“How do I know where to find him? And how do I tell him what happened?”

“Just show him,” Pascale said as she waved at Agathe to catch her attention. She was still singing, but she finally took the Walkman off while Pascale explained the problem. But she didn’t look surprised, she just took the brass handle from John and waddled off to find her husband. He appeared minutes later with a bucket, a mop, and a plunger. He was wearing shorts and a see-through T-shirt, and he looked excruciatingly hung over.

Agathe was telling her by then it happened all the time, and wasn’t a big problem, and just as she said it, a thin stream of water began trickling through the kitchen ceiling. And both John and Pascale looked up in panic. He left at a dead run to return to the scene of the crime, and Marius followed him more slowly, as Agathe put her Walkman back on, and sang loudly as she set the table.

Eric and Diana walked into the kitchen then, and Eric looked startled when he saw Agathe in her leopard bikini and apron. “That’s a look,” he said circumspectly, and Diana burst into laughter.

“Does she always look like that?” Diana asked, as Pascale turned off the stove and smiled at her. She was pleased to see that they both looked a little more relaxed and rested than they had the night before.

“More or less. Sometimes she wears more, sometimes less, but it’s usually the same kind of outfit. But she’s a pretty good cleaner. She helped me get the place in shape before you got here.”

“It looks cool, anyway,” Eric said, as he picked a peach from the bowl on the kitchen table. The fruit Pascale had bought was delicious. “Is it raining in here, or do we have a problem?” Eric asked, looking up at the steady stream of water coming from the ceiling.

“John says the toilet is flooding,” Pascale said as Eric nodded, and she served the eggs. A few minutes later, John joined them, looking harassed and a little frantic.

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