Clean Break (2008)
“It looked as if he meant it.
A clean break.
He sent Mum a cheque with a Scottish postmark on the envelope. He didn’t put his address. He didn’t write a letter either. He just scribbled on the back of the cheque, Love from Frankie and xxx to the kids.
‘That’s not a proper letter we can keep,’ I said sadly.
‘It’s not a proper cheque either,’ Gran sneered. ‘He still owes me thousands and yet he’s acting like Lord Bountiful sending your mum a cheque for a hundred pounds. As if that’s proper mainten...ance!’ A hundred pounds seemed a huge amount to me. I thought of running round the Flowerfields shopping centre with a hundred gold coins in my school bag. I could go to the Bear Factory and buy a cuddly black cat with his own cute pyjamas; go to the bookshop and buy an entire set of Jenna Williams stories; go to Claire’s Accessories and buy all sorts of slides and scrunchies and glittery make-up; go to the Pick ’n’ Mix Sweetstore and choose a whole sackful of sweets .MoreLess
A clean break.
He sent Mum a cheque with a Scottish postmark on the envelope. He didn’t put his address. He didn’t write a letter either. He just scribbled on the back of the cheque, Love from Frankie and xxx to the kids.
‘That’s not a proper letter we can keep,’ I said sadly.
‘It’s not a proper cheque either,’ Gran sneered. ‘He still owes me thousands and yet he’s acting like Lord Bountiful sending your mum a cheque for a hundred pounds. As if that’s proper mainten...ance!’ A hundred pounds seemed a huge amount to me. I thought of running round the Flowerfields shopping centre with a hundred gold coins in my school bag. I could go to the Bear Factory and buy a cuddly black cat with his own cute pyjamas; go to the bookshop and buy an entire set of Jenna Williams stories; go to Claire’s Accessories and buy all sorts of slides and scrunchies and glittery make-up; go to the Pick ’n’ Mix Sweetstore and choose a whole sackful of sweets .MoreLess
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