Tin Men by Linda Coles

Author:Linda Coles [Coles, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780473474300
Publisher: Blue Banana
Published: 2019-03-28T22:00:00+00:00

The house was empty when she got home, though there was a note on the side in the kitchen that simply read “Having dinner at Gary’s place. His mum has made sushi.” Chrissy read the note out loud and laughed to herself. She must be a terrible mother to force burgers on her children. Her own mother had inadvertently got her own way: the more nutritious sushi had won out after all.

She dropped her bag on the work surface next to the note, grabbed a wine glass from the drawer and headed to the fridge, where she knew there was a bottle of white wine chilling. She pulled out a bottle of Pinot Gris, unscrewed the top, poured a large glass and took two long mouthfuls before topping the glass back up. The coolness felt good on her throat; it always did. She retrieved the diary from her bag along with her reading glasses and took a seat in the soft old chair in the corner of the room. With Adam and the boys out doing other things, she made herself comfortable, took another sip of her wine and opened the book. The random one she’d taken was dated 2014.

At the sight of her father’s handwriting, she instinctively moved her fingers over the words as if they were embossed, raised up, and she could feel him through them. She took a moment to remember him before she started to read. If he was watching her now while she looked into his diary, what he would be thinking of her? Would he be cross, anxious even? Or would he be happy that she was taking such an interest after he had left this earth?

She hoped it was the latter, though she knew inside she was prying.

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