At Hawthorn Time
“Dead nuthatch chick on a bridleway. Sunny and warm.
Both cars were on the drive at Manor Lodge, Kitty’s tucked in at the side of the house, the Audi reversed in ready for the trip to the airport in the morning. Looking down at them from her bedroom window as dusk fell, Kitty knew that Howard wanted to go and pick Jenny up by himself – and given the row earlier perhaps she should let him have his way. It would take an hour to get to the airport and she could already picture how claustrophobic th...e car might seem at dawn, the two of them barely speaking and hardly anyone else on the road. It was all so painful, so very painful, she thought: the gap between how things were and how they should be. And impossible to bridge.
She and Howard had avoided each other carefully for most of the afternoon, Howard hoovering downstairs while she got her daughter’s room ready. Because she’d already been at university when they moved to Lodeshill Jenny’s room had the provisional feeling of territory which had never been fully claimed.MoreLess
Both cars were on the drive at Manor Lodge, Kitty’s tucked in at the side of the house, the Audi reversed in ready for the trip to the airport in the morning. Looking down at them from her bedroom window as dusk fell, Kitty knew that Howard wanted to go and pick Jenny up by himself – and given the row earlier perhaps she should let him have his way. It would take an hour to get to the airport and she could already picture how claustrophobic th...e car might seem at dawn, the two of them barely speaking and hardly anyone else on the road. It was all so painful, so very painful, she thought: the gap between how things were and how they should be. And impossible to bridge.
She and Howard had avoided each other carefully for most of the afternoon, Howard hoovering downstairs while she got her daughter’s room ready. Because she’d already been at university when they moved to Lodeshill Jenny’s room had the provisional feeling of territory which had never been fully claimed.MoreLess
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