The Night Following
“She could hear Stan’s complaining voice clearly and it was she, as she fully expected, who was the subject of his complaint.
“She’s switched off. Half the time she don’t even know when I’ve come in the room,”he said. His mother said something Evelyn couldn’t hear.
“And she’s that bad-tempered,”he went on. “Told me she didn’t care for my friends and I wasn’t to go to any more meetings.”
Stan’s mother gave a short snort. “Hasn’t wasted her time, has she? Six weeks wed and laying down the law. I n...ever liked them Leighs. You have to stand up to her, Stan.”
“I did! I says to her I’m not having that, I’ll do what I like when I like with who I like. I says to her, what’s the ruddy point of sticking round here, anyway? I says, you’re as switched off as your ruddy lightbulbs, you. I told her.”
Evelyn heard a sharp laugh from her mother-in-law. “Fact is, Stan, you’re too soft. Aye, and you’re a daft beggar an’all. You let her lead you on, didn’t yer?MoreLess
“She’s switched off. Half the time she don’t even know when I’ve come in the room,”he said. His mother said something Evelyn couldn’t hear.
“And she’s that bad-tempered,”he went on. “Told me she didn’t care for my friends and I wasn’t to go to any more meetings.”
Stan’s mother gave a short snort. “Hasn’t wasted her time, has she? Six weeks wed and laying down the law. I n...ever liked them Leighs. You have to stand up to her, Stan.”
“I did! I says to her I’m not having that, I’ll do what I like when I like with who I like. I says to her, what’s the ruddy point of sticking round here, anyway? I says, you’re as switched off as your ruddy lightbulbs, you. I told her.”
Evelyn heard a sharp laugh from her mother-in-law. “Fact is, Stan, you’re too soft. Aye, and you’re a daft beggar an’all. You let her lead you on, didn’t yer?MoreLess
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