Bad Girl (2013)
“The song made her heart ache. It was Thursday, eight o’clock in the morning and the day of her grandmother’s funeral. She wasn’t sure how she’d get through it. The dread lay heavily in her stomach, a great boulder of grief wrapped in pain and regret.
She glanced down at the black woollen dress, the same dress she had worn to her mother’s funeral. It was too warm for it really – already she felt hot and bothered – but she had nothing else suitable to wear. She could have gone to the market, ...perhaps, and bought something lighter, but it was too late now. Carefully she smoothed out the creases with her fingertips.
As Helen approached the living room, Yvonne’s voice, edged with irritation, floated out to her from the kitchen. ‘So what happens next?’ ‘Next?’ Tommy replied.
There was an angry clatter of cutlery. ‘Why do you always pretend you don’t know what I’m talking about? With her. What’s going to happen with her?’ ‘She’s got a name,’ Tommy said.MoreLess
She glanced down at the black woollen dress, the same dress she had worn to her mother’s funeral. It was too warm for it really – already she felt hot and bothered – but she had nothing else suitable to wear. She could have gone to the market, ...perhaps, and bought something lighter, but it was too late now. Carefully she smoothed out the creases with her fingertips.
As Helen approached the living room, Yvonne’s voice, edged with irritation, floated out to her from the kitchen. ‘So what happens next?’ ‘Next?’ Tommy replied.
There was an angry clatter of cutlery. ‘Why do you always pretend you don’t know what I’m talking about? With her. What’s going to happen with her?’ ‘She’s got a name,’ Tommy said.MoreLess
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