The Betrayer
“‘Welcome Home Tommy’ stood out in enormous green letters and Maureen was asking for help to hang it at the front of the house.
Maureen glared at her. ‘What’s so funny?’ Crying with laughter, Ethel could barely speak. ‘How the fuck have yer got the front to put that up? The whole street knows he was done for murder. Fuck me, that new family that have just moved in opposite will think he’s a war hero coming back late from the Falklands.’ Maureen bit her tongue. She loved her mother-in-law more th...an words could say, but the older she got, the more outspoken she became. She looked at her mates.
‘What do you think?’ Brenda paused before answering. ‘Look, maybe Ethel’s right. Even though Terry Smith was a wrong ’un and what happened is long forgotten, he’s still got cousins round here, ain’t he?’ Sandra agreed. ‘I heard his brother Wayne’s moved back to the area. Dunno how true it is, but Rosie’s husband saw him in the Duchess last Saturday night.’ As James entered the room, he caught the back end of the conversation.MoreLess
Maureen glared at her. ‘What’s so funny?’ Crying with laughter, Ethel could barely speak. ‘How the fuck have yer got the front to put that up? The whole street knows he was done for murder. Fuck me, that new family that have just moved in opposite will think he’s a war hero coming back late from the Falklands.’ Maureen bit her tongue. She loved her mother-in-law more th...an words could say, but the older she got, the more outspoken she became. She looked at her mates.
‘What do you think?’ Brenda paused before answering. ‘Look, maybe Ethel’s right. Even though Terry Smith was a wrong ’un and what happened is long forgotten, he’s still got cousins round here, ain’t he?’ Sandra agreed. ‘I heard his brother Wayne’s moved back to the area. Dunno how true it is, but Rosie’s husband saw him in the Duchess last Saturday night.’ As James entered the room, he caught the back end of the conversation.MoreLess
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