Three Women
“She parked her little silver Polo a bit down the road. Kate’s car was in the driveway and the windows were open upstairs, so she presumed that Kate was at home.
As she walked up the driveway towards the blue front door she noticed through the sitting-room window a marmalade-coloured cat sitting on a chair staring out at her. She was definitely in the right place.
Taking a breath, psyching herself up not to be afraid and to keep her resolve, she rang the door bell … She rang it again … It seemed to take ages. Her heart was hammering in her chest … and then the front door swung open.
‘Yes?’ The woman in front of her had shoulder-length dark hair and was wearing a pair of cord trousers and a fitted cream knitted sweater. She looked younger than Erin expected.
‘Are you Mrs Cassidy?’ she asked, almost in a whisper.
‘Yes?’ She was obviously presuming that Erin was one of those young women who regularly called to the door trying to get customers to swap over from their current phone or TV or... energy provider, and was waiting politely for her to begin her sales speech.MoreLess
As she walked up the driveway towards the blue front door she noticed through the sitting-room window a marmalade-coloured cat sitting on a chair staring out at her. She was definitely in the right place.
Taking a breath, psyching herself up not to be afraid and to keep her resolve, she rang the door bell … She rang it again … It seemed to take ages. Her heart was hammering in her chest … and then the front door swung open.
‘Yes?’ The woman in front of her had shoulder-length dark hair and was wearing a pair of cord trousers and a fitted cream knitted sweater. She looked younger than Erin expected.
‘Are you Mrs Cassidy?’ she asked, almost in a whisper.
‘Yes?’ She was obviously presuming that Erin was one of those young women who regularly called to the door trying to get customers to swap over from their current phone or TV or... energy provider, and was waiting politely for her to begin her sales speech.MoreLess
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