Bookends
“I don’t know about you but I am absolutely exhausted.’ Lucy kicks off her shoes and stretches her arms up to the ceiling, rolling her shoulders and sighing.‘And we thought running Bookends was going to be easy.’‘Not easy,’ she says, smiling, ‘but my God, I wish someone had told me quite how many hours we’d have to be working.’‘But think of all the benefits…’ I make sympathetic noises just as the front door slams, and Ingrid and Max arrive back from the park.‘MUmmmmmmyyyyyy!’ Max comes hurtling ...down the hallway and flings himself into Lucy’s arms, as she strokes his hair and covers him with kisses, and whatever animosity I may have felt towards Max in the past, I can see that he obviously does miss her right now, and my heart warms.‘What’s that, my love?’ Lucy says, gently detaching herself enough to take the piece of paper clutched in Max’s hand.‘Darling, that’s wonderful. Is that you with Mummy and Daddy? Why have I got blonde hair?’‘Because,’ Max says, ‘it’s me, Daddy and Ingrid.MoreLess
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