She ended the call and opened her holdall, making sure she hadn’t forgotten the surprise. Of course she’d stop off along the way and go armed with wine, chocolate and sweets, but she also had her box, the one with all her mother’s things in it. She’d never showed Hannah the box. They could go through her mother’s photos together. One day the little box of memories would belong to Hannah when she passed. She just wanted Hannah to know how special it was. Maybe Gina could add some of her belongings to it, items that had her smell permanently trapped in the fibres and then Hannah could do the same for Gracie.
A text beeped on her phone from Wyre.
Quiz night on Tuesday, local venue, would you be up for it? A few of us are going and we think you might be the brains.Get this, Jacob will be bringing Jennifer. Jacob and Jennifer, has a nice ring to it – haha! Paula.
She replied immediately.
Count me in but don’t count on me bringing the brains!
It was time to start living again and attending a quiz was only a small step, but it was the first step in her recovery. Zipping the bag up, she headed to the car, excited to see her family and nervously happy about making plans to go out. Then there was Briggs. What the future held was still a mystery but it held a tight friendship, one based on far more than a brief affair, one based on deeply held secrets of which they could never speak. She shuddered as she locked the door, wondering if she was asking too much of him. Only time would tell.
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