The Trouble With Emma (2016)
“Mark said as they all returned to the car late that afternoon. “I was due to have them back home –” he glanced at his wristwatch and grimaced. “An hour ago.”
“Bit late, then,” Emma observed. “We’d best hurry.”
Colin and Nick, happily exhausted, sat slumped back in their seats with their toys – a stuffed animal and several action figures – between them. They’d visited all seven floors of the toy store, including a stop at ShakeTastic for milkshakes.
“I shouldn’t be surprised if Nick doesn’t fall... asleep before we arrive,” she added in a low voice.
True to her prediction, the younger boy was out by the time they arrived at the modest Victorian terrace in Islington. Mark reached back and levered Nick out of his car seat and hoisted him, still soundly sleeping, over his shoulder.
“Wait here, I won’t be a moment,” he told Emma, and turned to Colin. “Can you manage those carrier bags, mate?”
The boy rolled his eyes. “Of course I can.”
“And do you have anything to say to Miss Bennet before you go?”MoreLess
“Bit late, then,” Emma observed. “We’d best hurry.”
Colin and Nick, happily exhausted, sat slumped back in their seats with their toys – a stuffed animal and several action figures – between them. They’d visited all seven floors of the toy store, including a stop at ShakeTastic for milkshakes.
“I shouldn’t be surprised if Nick doesn’t fall... asleep before we arrive,” she added in a low voice.
True to her prediction, the younger boy was out by the time they arrived at the modest Victorian terrace in Islington. Mark reached back and levered Nick out of his car seat and hoisted him, still soundly sleeping, over his shoulder.
“Wait here, I won’t be a moment,” he told Emma, and turned to Colin. “Can you manage those carrier bags, mate?”
The boy rolled his eyes. “Of course I can.”
“And do you have anything to say to Miss Bennet before you go?”MoreLess
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