Midnight's Choice
“Kevin shivered as he waited for Tess to turn the key in the lock. She looked at him and shrugged, abandoning them both to whatever trouble lay in store for them, then pushed the door open.
Immediately there was a noise from the direction of the living room: the flutter and slap of a newspaper being hastily thrown aside. A moment later Tess’s father appeared in the hall, his face taut with worry which was rapidly turning to anger. He stopped dead in the middle of the hallway when he saw Tess’s c...ompanion and an awkward silence hung on the air as she closed the front door behind them and slipped out of Kevin’s jacket.
‘Dad, this is a friend of mine, Kevin.’ Her father nodded, wrong-footed, uncertain whether the occasion called for civility or righteous indignation. Before he could make up his mind, his wife appeared at the head of the stairs in her dressing-gown.
‘Oh, there you are, Tess. Where on earth have you been?’ Tess hung the sodden jacket on a spare hook inside the door.MoreLess
Immediately there was a noise from the direction of the living room: the flutter and slap of a newspaper being hastily thrown aside. A moment later Tess’s father appeared in the hall, his face taut with worry which was rapidly turning to anger. He stopped dead in the middle of the hallway when he saw Tess’s c...ompanion and an awkward silence hung on the air as she closed the front door behind them and slipped out of Kevin’s jacket.
‘Dad, this is a friend of mine, Kevin.’ Her father nodded, wrong-footed, uncertain whether the occasion called for civility or righteous indignation. Before he could make up his mind, his wife appeared at the head of the stairs in her dressing-gown.
‘Oh, there you are, Tess. Where on earth have you been?’ Tess hung the sodden jacket on a spare hook inside the door.MoreLess
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