Descent
“It’s not quite as tragic as it sounds.
Calum strode confidently in front of me into the reception rooms of the Skandic Hotel, showed his invitation to the guy on the door, waved to a guest already inside and hustled me along for an introduction before any question could arise about my being included in the invitation. We plunged into a small crowd of wedding guests – smart suits and big dresses, flower crowns and fascinators – in the midst of which Calum hailed his parents; his father said hell...o and pumped my hand, his mother pecked me on the cheek and remarked on how I’d grown. Calum quickly strategised finding seats and drinks, and sent me off to grab somewhere quiet with a view.
‘Say this for our Sophie,’ said Calum, upon returning with a brace of pints to the corner of the small and currently almost empty side room with two rows of tables, the rearmost of which he’d selected as our base of operations, ‘she’s in the right business. She’s got an eye for a trend, aw right.MoreLess
Calum strode confidently in front of me into the reception rooms of the Skandic Hotel, showed his invitation to the guy on the door, waved to a guest already inside and hustled me along for an introduction before any question could arise about my being included in the invitation. We plunged into a small crowd of wedding guests – smart suits and big dresses, flower crowns and fascinators – in the midst of which Calum hailed his parents; his father said hell...o and pumped my hand, his mother pecked me on the cheek and remarked on how I’d grown. Calum quickly strategised finding seats and drinks, and sent me off to grab somewhere quiet with a view.
‘Say this for our Sophie,’ said Calum, upon returning with a brace of pints to the corner of the small and currently almost empty side room with two rows of tables, the rearmost of which he’d selected as our base of operations, ‘she’s in the right business. She’s got an eye for a trend, aw right.MoreLess
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