The Puppy That Came For Christmas (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
She was always excited to have visitors; all guests, in her mind, came solely to see her. “We’ve got news!” my brother, Jack, had said to me on the phone, but he’d refused to go into any more detail without being face-to-face. So here he was, with his girlfriend, Carmel, on a rare visit. He walked in, full of pent-up energy, barely able to contain himself, pecking me on the cheek as he thundered past down the hall and into the living room; Carmel looked pleased. Barely were they inside and the kettle on than it exploded out of him. “Carmel’s pregnant!” Carmel beamed with delight and out poured the story of how this had happened. I kept a smile on my face and hoped no one would notice that I was in shock. Of course I was pleased for them, but I was jealous too. When Jack and Carmel had moved in together, more than five years previously, they hadn’t mentioned wanting to have a baby. I’d had no idea whatsoever that it was part of their plans, although, given he was now forty years old and she forty-three, I’d perhaps been naive in thinking it wasn’t on the agenda.
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