She paused to listen to the glorious sound of wind and waves. Grabbing gloves and garden tools from the box by the back door, Motts made her way out into the bright sunshine. The garden had to be cleared out completely. She’d had nightmares of weeds and vines taking over the house, strangling her to death. But she needed to trim back the chaos of the garden. “Well, the weeds won’t pull themselves, will they?” Some days, Motts enjoyed taking Cactus outside with her, but his sensitive skin made it impossible in the cold and windy February morning. They’d been one of the first things she’d unpacked. “What do you think is going to give first? My allergies or my energy?” She gently set him down on his mound of blankets. She sat on the edge of her bed, close to tears. Once the Griffins had gone, Motts made sure Moss was settled in their new home, grabbed her mug of hot chocolate, and clambered up the stairs with Cactus close behind. Nish and his father carried bedroom items upstairs but left them for her to go through. After a warm and filling supper of pumpkin sambar (delicious tamarind spiced stew) and fragrant steamed rice, Motts and the Griffin clan made short work of the boxes. Then, they methodically made their way through every box with “kitchen” on it. Motts’s kettle and blue-patterned mugs were unpacked first. We’ll want tea to get us through the evening.” They needed coffee, not tea. “Well? Where do you want to start?” Motts glanced between the twins and the stacks of her belongings. They were only two years younger than Motts. He’s still waiting on a growth spurt,” Vina teased her twin brother. Is it too late to learn how to be a grown-up?” “It’s never too late. Motts and Vina had realised over the years that their close bond felt more like that of siblings. Leena and Cadan had welcomed Motts with open arms even before she’d briefly dated their daughter. Griffin Brews had been around for thirty-plus years, and now their children managed it, allowing their parents to retire early. They’d settled in Polperro to run a coffee shop and bakery. She even made your favourite kind of rice.” The Griffin twins took after their Tamil mother, Leena, who’d been a Bollywood star before falling in love with Cadan Griffin, a Cornish-Indian cricket player. She wanted to let the sambar simmer a little longer. “I’m….” How do I finish the sentence? Panicked? In the middle of the biggest mistake I’ve ever made? Just slightly overcome by irrational fear? Nish moved forward to take Cactus from her arms while Vina led her inside.
“For goodness sake.” “Motts? You okay?” She spun around and yanked the door open to find the welcome sight of her exgirlfriend, Pravina Griffin, and Vina’s twin brother, Nish. “Ahh!” She jumped when a rapid knocking on the door jolted her.
0 kommentar(er)
