The Mill Girls of Albion Lane
“In the end, the hospital had done little more than confirm Dr Moss’s suspicion that the cancer had spread and then prescribe something to alleviate the pain. After this they’d given in to her insistence that she be sent home and Walter had greeted her with unthinking relief and a nice cup of tea before sloping off to the Green Cross to celebrate. ‘Not many people have heard of the pancreas or what it does for you,’ she continued. ‘Anyway, they decided there was nothing they could do to help me,... which I could have told them without all their fancy tests. But don’t let on to your father – I haven’t got round to telling him about Margie yet and that on top of this latest news won’t go down well.’ ‘What about the others?’ Lily resisted the urge to cry out about the unfairness of it all and gently plumped up her mother’s pillow then pulled up the blanket to keep her warm.
‘You can tell Margie – she should know the truth. But not Evie and definitely not Arthur.’ ‘And what will you have now to keep up your strength?’ Lily wanted to know, turning to the practical to hide the turmoil within.MoreLess
‘You can tell Margie – she should know the truth. But not Evie and definitely not Arthur.’ ‘And what will you have now to keep up your strength?’ Lily wanted to know, turning to the practical to hide the turmoil within.MoreLess
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