The Dream House
“‘Where in this house did we keep twenty boxes worth of books?’ ‘No idea,’ said Simon, shaking his head. ‘When I moved here eleven years ago, I got everything in a small Bedford van. One more problem having a wife and two children has added to my life.’ Moving day had dawned at last – a grey drizzly Wednesday at the beginning of July. In the end, the moving chain had all clicked into place, but the Hutchinsons were having to go earlier than planned. Simon had managed to get today, Thursday, and ...Friday off, but was expected back in the office on Monday morning for a meeting at nine o’clock sharp.
A huge removal van had edged its way down Queensmill Road at eight o’clock that morning into the space Kate had pre-arranged with the council. She had spent the previous week piling into cardboard boxes the portion of their clothes, toys and other possessions that they intended to take with them to Joyce’s, storing those boxes out of the way in their bedroom. Today, the removal men were packing up everything else, including all their furniture, and driving it to a storage depot in Beccles.MoreLess
A huge removal van had edged its way down Queensmill Road at eight o’clock that morning into the space Kate had pre-arranged with the council. She had spent the previous week piling into cardboard boxes the portion of their clothes, toys and other possessions that they intended to take with them to Joyce’s, storing those boxes out of the way in their bedroom. Today, the removal men were packing up everything else, including all their furniture, and driving it to a storage depot in Beccles.MoreLess
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