Something Spooky (2000)
“Ellie scowled at the rain teeming down the window. If she hadn’t messed with the spell-book it wouldn’t have rained, and she wouldn’t be spending her holiday pandering to a misogynist with a hair-trigger temper.
The rapport that seemed to exist between them when they’d shared the intimacy of the massage had evaporated the next morning. It was as if he’d revealed some softer part of his nature, regretted the lapse, and had decided to establish some distance between them.
Turning to the cooker sh...e lifted the lid of the pan, stabbed moodily at the potatoes with a fork and muttered. ‘I just hope you like shepherd’s pie, Patch Morgan.’ She carried the pan to the sink and upended its contents into a colander to drain. ‘Come to that, I hope it turns out to be shepherd’s pie. You’ll probably inform me I should have used real shepherds instead of lamb mince.’ Over the past few days Patrick hadn’t let one meal go by without making some sort of disparaging comment. The previous day he’d told her if she didn’t have a spell to take the lumps from the gravy she could always try straining it.MoreLess
The rapport that seemed to exist between them when they’d shared the intimacy of the massage had evaporated the next morning. It was as if he’d revealed some softer part of his nature, regretted the lapse, and had decided to establish some distance between them.
Turning to the cooker sh...e lifted the lid of the pan, stabbed moodily at the potatoes with a fork and muttered. ‘I just hope you like shepherd’s pie, Patch Morgan.’ She carried the pan to the sink and upended its contents into a colander to drain. ‘Come to that, I hope it turns out to be shepherd’s pie. You’ll probably inform me I should have used real shepherds instead of lamb mince.’ Over the past few days Patrick hadn’t let one meal go by without making some sort of disparaging comment. The previous day he’d told her if she didn’t have a spell to take the lumps from the gravy she could always try straining it.MoreLess
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