Michael didn’t come to terms with it until he was a teenager and, so far as she can recall, it took her brother Wilfred a good few months to cheer up. “At least David doesn’t have any sisters to tease him,” she told herself as she sipped her gin & tonic, feeling more than a little guilty for teasing her own brother all those years ago.
A few days later, Valerie answers the door to a delivery man. His colleague is humping a sizeable trunk out of the back of their van. “Valerie Delphine?”
“Yes,” Valerie replied.
“Got this for ya Ma’am.” the delivery man said, gesturing to his van.
“Yes… I’ve been expecting it… could you bring it in please,” she said, opening the door as wide as it would go.
