Ripples On a Pond (2013)
“Her response was a satisfied humph. It was a satisfactory figure and one Lorna considered long overdue. Her mood was somewhat brighter on the brisk walk home.
Amber checked the letterbox. They received little mail, but that day she removed a letter from Roland Atkinson. Once inside, with the aid of her magnifying glass, Lorna learned that the Kew house had been transferred to her name. She was a woman of property, until she offered the letter to her reader, who required no magnifying glass. The...re were two pages, stating that Lorna was to receive no more quarterly payments from her father’s estate; that from that measly thirty thousand dollars paid into her account she would now be expected to take responsibility for electricity, phone, water bills and land rates.
And the final paragraph: Her nephew was in the process of selling up the last of his interests in Australia.
Lorna rose from her chair, the blood leaving her brow, her cheeks, to centre in her blob of battle-scarred nose.
‘That fool does not know who he is dealing with,’ her teeth spat.MoreLess
Amber checked the letterbox. They received little mail, but that day she removed a letter from Roland Atkinson. Once inside, with the aid of her magnifying glass, Lorna learned that the Kew house had been transferred to her name. She was a woman of property, until she offered the letter to her reader, who required no magnifying glass. The...re were two pages, stating that Lorna was to receive no more quarterly payments from her father’s estate; that from that measly thirty thousand dollars paid into her account she would now be expected to take responsibility for electricity, phone, water bills and land rates.
And the final paragraph: Her nephew was in the process of selling up the last of his interests in Australia.
Lorna rose from her chair, the blood leaving her brow, her cheeks, to centre in her blob of battle-scarred nose.
‘That fool does not know who he is dealing with,’ her teeth spat.MoreLess
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