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Chapter 16
May. 29th, 2006 02:06 pm( Read more... )
Chapter 14 - part ii
May. 27th, 2006 09:58 amAuthor's note: This one's for all of you who've been patiently waiting to find out what everyone else is doing...
Lawrie, meanwhile was thoroughly enjoying life. The casting director for a new TV series had been utterly captivated by her and was in the process of demanding a rewrite that would give Lawrie twice as much screen time. Much, much more exciting than this was the idea of working with Michael More. Even Nicola must have heard of Michael More, thought Lawrie gleefully. Star of the most successful British films over the last ten years, he was being hailed by all as the new Olivier. And Lawrie was going to be in the same programme as him.
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Chapter 13
May. 26th, 2006 01:16 pmAuthor's note: As will become immediately apparent, time has moved on since the last chapter. Those of you who wanted Nicola to have some more fun may like to imagine this as quite a lot of years later, but in my mind it's only 7 or 8 years.
'Daddy!' Katie's face lit up and she held out her arms towards Patrick, confident of his embrace.
'Hello, darling.' He swung her up on his hip, ruffling her hair.
'Hey, Nick. How was school?'
'I'm going to be in the cricket team.'
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Chapter 12
May. 24th, 2006 09:12 amNicola was wrestling with an unruly leg of lamb, sturdily ignoring the huge pile of potatoes waiting to be peeled, when she saw the car turning into the makeshift driveway. Yelping with delight she all but dropped dinner on the table and ran, somewhat ungainly, to welcome her visitors. First Giles, unfolding long legs from the cramped seat in the front of Lawrie's Mini. He came and gave Nicola a brief, brotherly kiss then went to unload bags from the boot. Lawrie came prancing over and whirled her twin into an expansive embrace.
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Chapter 11 - part i
May. 21st, 2006 02:29 pmAuthor's note: Thanks for all your comments - I'm amazed that anyone's still reading. Anyway, you've probably worked out by now that I'm plot-light and fluff-heavy (if that's not too much of an oxymoron), so sorry if that's not your thing. Not being AF and a genius, this is bound to disappoint at times.
‘I thought I’d ask Doris what she could do.’ Nicola was busy making acquaintance with Poppy, the Labrador puppy Rowan had acquired.
‘From the chest?’ Mrs Marlow sounded doubtful.
‘Is there anything left in the chest?’
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