Elm Tree Road
“One night, a lass she worked with said, ‘Why don’t you come out with us to the variety show in Rochdale tomorrow night? We go up in the gods and it’s only threepence midweek.’ Renie had a quick think. She worked hard on Saturday nights and hated it when she had to stay home other nights, waiting for Cliff to come back from the pub or sitting opposite him on a hard stool, watching him read in comfort in the armchair. He still expected to be waited on hand and foot, tossing orders at Nell, who was growing bigger and more awkward now.
You’d think there was something wrong with having a baby, to hear him taunt her sister with how ugly she’d become. Renie didn’t think she was ugly. Renie thought she had a lovely soft glow in her eyes – when he was out, at least – especially when Nell cradled the jutting stomach with one hand and got that dreamy look.
Him calling her ugly didn’t stop him pestering her after they’d gone to bed, though, did it, because Renie could hear them through th...e thin wall between the two bedrooms.MoreLess
You’d think there was something wrong with having a baby, to hear him taunt her sister with how ugly she’d become. Renie didn’t think she was ugly. Renie thought she had a lovely soft glow in her eyes – when he was out, at least – especially when Nell cradled the jutting stomach with one hand and got that dreamy look.
Him calling her ugly didn’t stop him pestering her after they’d gone to bed, though, did it, because Renie could hear them through th...e thin wall between the two bedrooms.MoreLess
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