Cecelia Ahern Short Stories (2001)
“Mags threw her eyes up to heaven and grumbled under her breath, in her raspy voice.
‘What’s that love?’ Agatha shouted, moving her ear closer to Mags’s head. ‘You’re going to have to speak up, love, it’s me deaf ear you’re sittin’ beside.’ Mags wrinkled her nose up in disgust as she watched the black wiry hairs clinging to Agatha’s chin bounce up and down as her mouth opened and shut. Her teeth became loose from her palette and were quickly clamped back into place as Agatha’s bloodshot, tired, ...grey eyes darted around the table to see if anyone had noticed.
Mags threw her eyes up again and mumbled questioningly to the Good Lord.
‘Wha’?’ Agatha’s blue rinse brushed off Mags’s forehead as she leaned in to hear. Mags shook her head and swatted Agatha’s head away as though it were a fly. She concentrated on what was going on ahead of her again.
‘Two and two, twenty-two.’ The year she was born.
She gritted her teeth and exhaled loudly. She leaned slightly to the left in her chair to sneak a glance at how her neighbour was progressing.MoreLess
‘What’s that love?’ Agatha shouted, moving her ear closer to Mags’s head. ‘You’re going to have to speak up, love, it’s me deaf ear you’re sittin’ beside.’ Mags wrinkled her nose up in disgust as she watched the black wiry hairs clinging to Agatha’s chin bounce up and down as her mouth opened and shut. Her teeth became loose from her palette and were quickly clamped back into place as Agatha’s bloodshot, tired, ...grey eyes darted around the table to see if anyone had noticed.
Mags threw her eyes up again and mumbled questioningly to the Good Lord.
‘Wha’?’ Agatha’s blue rinse brushed off Mags’s forehead as she leaned in to hear. Mags shook her head and swatted Agatha’s head away as though it were a fly. She concentrated on what was going on ahead of her again.
‘Two and two, twenty-two.’ The year she was born.
She gritted her teeth and exhaled loudly. She leaned slightly to the left in her chair to sneak a glance at how her neighbour was progressing.MoreLess
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