Hope for Tomorrow
“Finally she threw the last vestiges of sleep off and sat up, realising that he must be knocking on her front door. She instantly regretted having given him her home address but he had been so good with respecting her boundaries that she had decided to trust him. She had not expected him to turn up in the middle of the night, pounding on her door and waking up half the house.
Which wasn't like him, actually. He must be drunk, she thought, but on the few occasions when she had seen him after ...a few drinks, he had always been in control.
She got out of bed and pulled on her dressing gown, ready to give him a piece of her mind but as she went out into the hallway she could hear that one of the maids must have let him in already as she could hear the girl pleading with him to stay put. He was just agreeing to stay where he was if she would get Martha immediately when Martha spotted Hope coming out of the nursery and wiping her eyes. The nanny was behind her.MoreLess
Which wasn't like him, actually. He must be drunk, she thought, but on the few occasions when she had seen him after ...a few drinks, he had always been in control.
She got out of bed and pulled on her dressing gown, ready to give him a piece of her mind but as she went out into the hallway she could hear that one of the maids must have let him in already as she could hear the girl pleading with him to stay put. He was just agreeing to stay where he was if she would get Martha immediately when Martha spotted Hope coming out of the nursery and wiping her eyes. The nanny was behind her.MoreLess
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