First Aid (2005)
“Jo heard drilling in the road, shouts above the drilling and the outside voices of people properly awake. Where was Annie? The smell was familiar; furniture polish from a yellow tin, yesterday’s cooking fat, trapped dust. She shifted out of sleep and her feet met the end of the sofa. So, she was at home; her first home, the place where the solution hadn’t been found but where they still, the three of them, had managed to live.
The day was too far on. Jo was wide awake and anxious. She got u...p and went over to the window that looked out over the narrow back garden. She undid the catch and unscrewed the bolts. The sliding parts didn’t want to move, so she hit both sides hard with her fists. The painted wood budged and she opened the window wide, top and bottom, and let in the London air. It was no different from what was inside – tepid and motionless. She knelt down and rested her arms on the sill.
She had never told Dilys and Geoff anything about Felpo.MoreLess
The day was too far on. Jo was wide awake and anxious. She got u...p and went over to the window that looked out over the narrow back garden. She undid the catch and unscrewed the bolts. The sliding parts didn’t want to move, so she hit both sides hard with her fists. The painted wood budged and she opened the window wide, top and bottom, and let in the London air. It was no different from what was inside – tepid and motionless. She knelt down and rested her arms on the sill.
She had never told Dilys and Geoff anything about Felpo.MoreLess
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