The water was a bit of a dribble and the towels could have been softer, but the water and soap on her skin felt like velvet. She gave her hair three shampoos. There was no conditioner supplied, but that didn’t matter. Selina dived into the bathroom as soon as Angie had vacated it and as the water...
He’d never seen his mother move as much as she had done in the past twenty-four hours. It hadn’t taken her long to dispense with the pretence of needing a mighty effort to rouse herself when she realised that Olive wasn’t around to fetch and carry for her. David thought back to all the times when...
It was hard work carrying them downstairs and she was soon looking like a Dickensian chimney-sweep child. Her hair was stiff with dust and she doubted she’d ever get the grime out from under the few remaining nails she had left. The thought of a good long soak brought with it the far more unpleas...