Vile Visitors (2011)
“It was a perfect revenge.
Mum could not believe that Angus Flint was not coming back. We ate our cream teas. After a while, Mum let the boys eat Angus’s cream tea too, and said we could order another when he came back. When they came with the bill, she said we were expecting a friend, who would pay.
Half an hour later, they began to look at us oddly.
Half an hour after that, they took the umbrellas out of the tables and stood the chairs on them suggestively.
A short while after that, they came ...and asked to be paid. They made it quite clear that they knew we were trying to cheat them. They refused Mum’s desperately offered cheque. We had to go through all our pockets and shake Mum’s bag out on the table, and even then we were 2p short. They forgave us that, but grimly. They looked after us unlovingly as we went. Mum nearly sank under the embarrassment.
Then we had to walk home. It was still hot. Tony hates walking, and he whined. Pip got a blister and whined too. Mum snarled and I snapped.MoreLess
Mum could not believe that Angus Flint was not coming back. We ate our cream teas. After a while, Mum let the boys eat Angus’s cream tea too, and said we could order another when he came back. When they came with the bill, she said we were expecting a friend, who would pay.
Half an hour later, they began to look at us oddly.
Half an hour after that, they took the umbrellas out of the tables and stood the chairs on them suggestively.
A short while after that, they came ...and asked to be paid. They made it quite clear that they knew we were trying to cheat them. They refused Mum’s desperately offered cheque. We had to go through all our pockets and shake Mum’s bag out on the table, and even then we were 2p short. They forgave us that, but grimly. They looked after us unlovingly as we went. Mum nearly sank under the embarrassment.
Then we had to walk home. It was still hot. Tony hates walking, and he whined. Pip got a blister and whined too. Mum snarled and I snapped.MoreLess
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