Lifeboat!
Lifeboat!
“She ran out to meet him.
‘Hello there,’ he called as he swung his legs from his car and bounded towards her, enveloping her in an enthusiastic bear-hug.
‘Hello, Howard,’ Julie said, a little shy of him, a little nervous of how he and her father would get along together.
The only other time the two men had met had been on Open Day at Julie’s College, when her father had visited. Howard had joined them for the afternoon from the neighbouring University. There, Howard had been surround...ed by his own kind, and it had been Macready who had felt out of place.
But this was Saltershaven.
Admittedly Howard was smartly dressed in a grey check suit and matching waistcoat, a yellow rose-bud in his lapel, but Julie hoped he had brought some less formal clothes for the weekend.
‘Come and look what I’ve got.’ Behind the car was a trailer and Howard was dragging her towards it.MoreLess
‘Hello there,’ he called as he swung his legs from his car and bounded towards her, enveloping her in an enthusiastic bear-hug.
‘Hello, Howard,’ Julie said, a little shy of him, a little nervous of how he and her father would get along together.
The only other time the two men had met had been on Open Day at Julie’s College, when her father had visited. Howard had joined them for the afternoon from the neighbouring University. There, Howard had been surround...ed by his own kind, and it had been Macready who had felt out of place.
But this was Saltershaven.
Admittedly Howard was smartly dressed in a grey check suit and matching waistcoat, a yellow rose-bud in his lapel, but Julie hoped he had brought some less formal clothes for the weekend.
‘Come and look what I’ve got.’ Behind the car was a trailer and Howard was dragging her towards it.MoreLess
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