The Idea of You by Amanda Prowse

The Idea of You by Amanda Prowse

Author:Amanda Prowse [Prowse, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503942332
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Published: 2017-03-20T16:00:00+00:00


She and Jonah cleared the kitchen, stopping to kiss and chat, as the radio burbled away in the background and the sound of Camille, singing happily in the bath, filtered through the floorboards from above.

‘I think she’s having a great day,’ he commented, raising his eyes towards the ceiling. ‘Thank you. She got some lovely gifts. You are so good at this stuff. I can’t remember the last time I saw her on her actual birthday, but I know it was years ago. And I didn’t do half as good a job as this. I think we went out for a wander around the Victoria and Albert Museum if I remember rightly.’

‘It’s been easy and fun! My mum and dad always made a big deal of our birthdays when we were small, and I remember how lovely it was to feel like I was special on a day that was so ordinary for everyone else. And for the record, I would have loved a day at the V&A. Still would.’

‘I find it a bit strange how you and your mum don’t seem that close, and yet you had this idyllic childhood. What happened?’ He sounded curious.

Lucy shrugged as she placed the birthday cake in the fridge. ‘I don’t know. I think things changed for me after my dad died, and they certainly changed for her.’ She busied herself inside the door, organising the bottles and jars that had been shoved in rather haphazardly.

‘Your father would be so ashamed!’

‘But not for Fay? I mean, she and Jan seem to get on really well,’ he pushed.

‘I don’t know, Jonah. Maybe she just likes Fay more, or maybe Fay is just a goody-goody!’ She tried to employ his favoured method of layering humour to ease the situation.

‘I don’t see Fay as a goody-goody, not at all. I don’t know, just something I was wondering about. It always feels like there is a little bit of an edge to the way you and your mum interact. It’s like you’ve just had a fight. I know that sounds crazy.’ He laughed.

‘I don’t know what more to say, Jonah; why don’t you ask my mum?’ She closed the fridge door a little forcefully. Please don’t push me on this. Her thoughts were loud and intrusive in her mind.

The two were quiet for a second or two. Lucy gathered up the discarded shreds of wrapping paper and scrunched them into a ball before pushing it into the recycling box.

‘I’m looking forward to meeting the elusive Dex this afternoon.’ Jonah sucked in through his teeth and straightened his back as he dried the cocktail glasses with a dishcloth.

She was glad of the change of topic. And was similarly excited about meeting the boy who apparently took her stepdaughter out to lunch, introduced her to his friends who visited them at Bill’s, and took her for a spin on his BMX around Queen’s Park. It would be good to finally put a face to the name. ‘Really? You are



Download



Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.