Uptown Girl by Holly Kinsella

Author:Holly Kinsella [Kinsella, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Beauty & Fashion, Contemporary, Fitness & Dieting, Romance, Health, Two Hours or More (65-100 Pages), Literature & Fiction, Health; Fitness & Dieting
Amazon: B00M4Z0X60
Publisher: Endeavour Press
Published: 2014-07-24T23:00:00+00:00

13.

Emma spent a further hour or so in the park with William. He sweetly insisted upon buying her an ice cream.

“I haven’t had an ice cream from an ice cream van since I was a little girl,” Emma said whilst eating away, delight upon her face and in her voice.

“You certainly look out of practise,” William replied, as he wiped away a spot of vanilla ice cream off Emma’s chin. The delight still remained – or even increased – upon her expression however.

Emma had hoped that William would reveal how he had saved her father’s life when she brought up his time in Afghanistan. But William remained guarded about his own experiences. He opened up a bit more when Emma asked if he thought that it had ever been a winnable war.

“The only time perhaps when there was an opportunity to win the war was when the government denied that we were at war. In terms of clear winners the aid industry, NGOs, the arms trade and any politician linked to the aforementioned may have done quite well out of the conflict... Unfortunately the Afghan people have lost the most,” the former soldier expressed with genuine sympathy. He then listened with interest to Emma as she gave her views on the subject, having taken an interest in the conflict due to her father being posted there.

William was soon asking Emma about her own career though.

“Well my commanding officers so to speak can be sexist, misogynist and shallow – and that’s just the women in charge at the top of the industry... Modelling is not all glamour. Things pay well, but at what cost?”

“What job would you like to do – if you were no longer a model?”

If someone had asked this question before of Emma, she could not remember the answer.

“I think I would like to be a school teacher, like Celia and my mother – even more than I would like to be a model.” When the words came out of her mouth the confession was just as much of a revelation to Emma as it was to the mechanic.

Emma asked William which school and university he had attended, believing he had gained a scholarship to a good private school. He replied by saying that the army had granted him a trade, and he had educated himself. He might have gone to school more if she had been his teacher, he said.

“You may not have turned up if I had worked in your canteen though... But thank you for agreeing to come to dinner. Daddy will be pleased you can make it. I’m pleased too.”

“You had me at hello Emma.”

He was so charming, in a genuine rather than refined way, she thought. He was sad and sometimes insular, but he was also kind and funny. She could have chatted to him all afternoon, about both serious and frivolous things. William Flynn ticked boxes she didn’t know existed. He made Emma feel things she hadn’t felt before. She didn’t have to play a dumb blonde with him, or parrot Kensington clichés.

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