‘You’re quiet. Are you having regrets?’ he said, not turning to look at her as he drove. She gave him a quick glance, but his expression told her nothing. ‘How can I have regrets? It’s just that I felt so mean not telling them the truth. I know I couldn’t but I wish it had been different. If only...
Her hands were clammy, she felt slightly sick as she looked down at the bird. It twitched and fluttered as if it still had the life she had taken from it. Then taking it to the shed she hung it on a hook in the ceiling. Later that evening she brought it indoors to pluck and dress it, feeling bett...
‘All that I possess I leave to my niece, Louisa Ann Harding.’ ‘But I didn’t even know her.’ She spoke her thoughts aloud. ‘I only met her once and that was years ago, before I even started school. Are you sure she didn’t make a more up-to-date will?’ ‘Perfectly certain. I didn’t know your aunt pe...