At Home With the Templetons
“It wasn’t deliberate, she told herself. She just happened to be out during the hours Gracie normally visited. Tom was so busy with extra cricket practice that he’d stopped asking if he could go and visit Spencer. And there’d been no phone calls from any of the Templeton Hall adults either. They were obviously busy dealing with Audrey and Hope. It was a good thing. She refused to let herself wonder what was going on in the Hall, and refused to rise to Hilary’s bait when they spoke one night.
... ‘A whole week without contact? Have you been banished from the kingdom?’ ‘Of course not. I’m glad of the peace, to be honest.’ ‘When people say “to be honest”, I always think they’re lying, don’t you?’ Nina ignored that. ‘I’m too busy getting Tom ready for the match to worry about the Templetons.’ ‘How is he?’ Hilary asked. ‘Excited? Nervous?’ ‘Both, I think. I don’t know. I’ve never seen him like this before.’ Since the day he’d made the team he’d been preoccupied, distracted, distant even.MoreLess
... ‘A whole week without contact? Have you been banished from the kingdom?’ ‘Of course not. I’m glad of the peace, to be honest.’ ‘When people say “to be honest”, I always think they’re lying, don’t you?’ Nina ignored that. ‘I’m too busy getting Tom ready for the match to worry about the Templetons.’ ‘How is he?’ Hilary asked. ‘Excited? Nervous?’ ‘Both, I think. I don’t know. I’ve never seen him like this before.’ Since the day he’d made the team he’d been preoccupied, distracted, distant even.MoreLess
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