Courting Trouble
“Her face was vivid with excitement. A bedraggled fox streaked through the bushes in the gloaming. It shivered through the trees, like a phantom.
My startled cry alerted the man, who looked up. He was a ravaged, Indiana Jones type with scruffy hair and haunted eyes. Before either of them could say anything, Roxy lunged, tackling him off the bench to the ground, delivering a quick kick to his gonads for good measure.
‘Grandma! No! Stop it!’ Portia cried.
I hugged my daughter with a relief so inte...nse it was almost painful. I rocked her soothingly, inhaling her sweet smell of soap and chewing gum. I clung to her, paralysed by love. But my daughter pushed me away. Her wind-tangled hair blurred wildly around her face. ‘Leave him alone! Both of you.’ ‘Christ Almighty,’ the man said. ‘Is that any way to greet me after all these years?’ ‘Who the hell are you?’ I demanded, but he was looking at Roxy.
‘The chiselled features don’t give it away? The rakish charm? The green eyes and impish dimple?MoreLess
My startled cry alerted the man, who looked up. He was a ravaged, Indiana Jones type with scruffy hair and haunted eyes. Before either of them could say anything, Roxy lunged, tackling him off the bench to the ground, delivering a quick kick to his gonads for good measure.
‘Grandma! No! Stop it!’ Portia cried.
I hugged my daughter with a relief so inte...nse it was almost painful. I rocked her soothingly, inhaling her sweet smell of soap and chewing gum. I clung to her, paralysed by love. But my daughter pushed me away. Her wind-tangled hair blurred wildly around her face. ‘Leave him alone! Both of you.’ ‘Christ Almighty,’ the man said. ‘Is that any way to greet me after all these years?’ ‘Who the hell are you?’ I demanded, but he was looking at Roxy.
‘The chiselled features don’t give it away? The rakish charm? The green eyes and impish dimple?MoreLess
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