Tess Stimson - The Adultery Club - Plot & Excerpts
Not only is my tent-pole erection now clearly visible should anyone care to cast their gaze thither, but I am perfectly positioned to see straight down Sara’s raspberry silk blouse - Christ Almighty, no bra - thus profoundly exacerbating the problem which I originally rose to alleviate. I pick up the manila case folder on the conference table and hide behind it: literally and metaphorically. ‘So. Ah. Mrs Stockbridge. We’ve heard from your husband,’ I say briskly to my client, ‘and it seems that he has now made a sensible proposal to resolve our concerns regarding your being divorced whilst your financial claims remain to be determined. He has renewed his commitment to nominate your son to receive his death in-service benefit and, moreover, he has nominated you—’ Sara’s eyebrow quirks. I have noticed that her eyebrows attain particular mobility in response to my use of such words as heretofore and whence. She really is the most unlikely lawyer. ‘—he has nominated you1 continue hastily, ‘to receive all funds payable under his Life Insurance policy.
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