The Tangled Web
“‘It’s not really the time for songs,’ Maria fretted. ‘So what do we do? Tell Sasha that her uncle is getting cut open and we’re all waiting to see what happens?’ Pamela blinked in her mother’s direction. Maria burst into fresh tears. Possibly the fourth or fifth time she had cried that night already. Vicky shook her head sharply at her sister and mouthed the words, “Good one.”
Pamela rolled her eyes theatrically, grabbed Sasha’s hands and clapped them as she continued, ‘So they all rolled ...over and Magnus fell out.’ Sasha chortled delightedly as Magnus looked stunned that he had been the one of the group who had been chosen to be pushed out of the fictitious bed.
‘I’m going for a smoke, phone me if there’s any news,’ Maria announced to no-one in particular as she sniffed back her tears.
‘I’ll come with you,’ Bob said. Vicky caught glimpses of worry in her father’s eyes but he was trying not to show it. She wasn’t sure if his concern was primarily for his son or his wife. Her mother had been known to find stressful situations like this difficult to handle and was prone to chain smoking to cope.MoreLess
Pamela rolled her eyes theatrically, grabbed Sasha’s hands and clapped them as she continued, ‘So they all rolled ...over and Magnus fell out.’ Sasha chortled delightedly as Magnus looked stunned that he had been the one of the group who had been chosen to be pushed out of the fictitious bed.
‘I’m going for a smoke, phone me if there’s any news,’ Maria announced to no-one in particular as she sniffed back her tears.
‘I’ll come with you,’ Bob said. Vicky caught glimpses of worry in her father’s eyes but he was trying not to show it. She wasn’t sure if his concern was primarily for his son or his wife. Her mother had been known to find stressful situations like this difficult to handle and was prone to chain smoking to cope.MoreLess
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