Death of a Perfect Mother
“It was a present she had been grateful for at the time (‘Oh, it’s ever so much prettier,’ she had said, and indeed she had sat for hour after hour gazing at washy-blue hills alive with the sound of music), but the first fine bloom of gratitude had by now worn off, hardly at all prolonged by the occasional gift of cash. She was beginning to wonder whether the time wasn’t ripe for another more substantial tribute. She’d have to start hinting, very delicately, to Mr Corby.
It was a Corby evening t...onight, Monday. Lill always gave her boys—and inevitably her family—a cooked tea. She prided herself on it. When Brian and Debbie had got back from school by bus about five, and when Gordon and Fred had separately cycled home from work, she served them all toasted cheese and Beefomite, an invention of her own she was very proud of, though Woman’s Home had surprisingly failed to print the recipe when she submitted it for their Tastisnax page. Debbie ate only one little triangle, then went out and got a lump of cheese from the ’fridge and ostentatiously nibbled it, heedless of Lill’s cold, hard stares.MoreLess
It was a Corby evening t...onight, Monday. Lill always gave her boys—and inevitably her family—a cooked tea. She prided herself on it. When Brian and Debbie had got back from school by bus about five, and when Gordon and Fred had separately cycled home from work, she served them all toasted cheese and Beefomite, an invention of her own she was very proud of, though Woman’s Home had surprisingly failed to print the recipe when she submitted it for their Tastisnax page. Debbie ate only one little triangle, then went out and got a lump of cheese from the ’fridge and ostentatiously nibbled it, heedless of Lill’s cold, hard stares.MoreLess
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