Deception In The Cotswolds (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
It was just short of two-thirty when she heard his shuffling feet on the threshold of the open front door. ‘Hello?’ he called breathlessly. ‘Can I come in?’ Hepzie trotted ahead to welcome him, but did not jump up at his unsteady legs. He nudged her gently with his walking stick and she backed away, long tail slowly wagging. Thea smiled and extended an arm to usher him into the kitchen. She felt awkward and dumbstruck after their previous exchange and all she had learnt about him subsequently. He seemed to be feeling something similar, his smile uncertain and his eyes querulous. Foolishly, she was reminded of the morning after a one-night stand, where the sudden night-time intimacies are revealed as excessive and inappropriate in the cold light of day. Not that she had had many such experiences, she thought ruefully. ‘I met your daughter this morning,’ she said. ‘So I gather. She seems to be rather cross with us both.’ ‘Mmm.’ With difficulty she kept back the words that would have placed her firmly on his side – where he obviously wanted her to be.
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