. " why would i ? it's nothing to do with me ."
" you know perfectly well why you would ."
she hauled a pair of gardening gloves out of her handlbag " may i take a look in the shed ?"
i bent over felix . " why don't you show mrs . i loyd the shed , and i'll talk to luvcas ." but felix refused to cooperate and clung to my hand . as we passed the lilac trees , rose paused and pulled a branch toward her for inspection . she exclaimed sofily at its condition , then allowd it to snap back .
weakened by neglect , the shed door shuddered when rose opened it . the interior was festooned in spiders ' webs a garden fork was propped against the wall , its tines caked with earth . there was a rusty trowed , a spade , and a stack of flowerpots . a packet of fertilizer stood in a conner , so old that it had hardened into a lump . i prodded it with my foot ." nathan always meant to take this to the council dump ."
while i cornered lucas and ordered him to return blanky . rose ferreted around in the shed . she emerged with the fork and a trug with a splintered handle , into which she had teased a handful of the fertilizer ." now ..." she catalogued the wandering lines of the lawn , the tangle of weed and grass , the unpruned clematis . she shaded her eyes with a hand , and i knew she was peering into the past ." if i'm truthful .i didn't want you to be a gardener , minty , certainly not in my garden ."
her eyes betrayed a sudden amusement ." but , i needn't have worried ." she picked up the package ." where shall i plant this rose ?"
"i don't want it ."
her fingers curled round it protectectively ." but nathan sent it .
" you know perfectly well why you would ."
she hauled a pair of gardening gloves out of her handlbag " may i take a look in the shed ?"
i bent over felix . " why don't you show mrs . i loyd the shed , and i'll talk to luvcas ." but felix refused to cooperate and clung to my hand . as we passed the lilac trees , rose paused and pulled a branch toward her for inspection . she exclaimed sofily at its condition , then allowd it to snap back .
weakened by neglect , the shed door shuddered when rose opened it . the interior was festooned in spiders ' webs a garden fork was propped against the wall , its tines caked with earth . there was a rusty trowed , a spade , and a stack of flowerpots . a packet of fertilizer stood in a conner , so old that it had hardened into a lump . i prodded it with my foot ." nathan always meant to take this to the council dump ."
while i cornered lucas and ordered him to return blanky . rose ferreted around in the shed . she emerged with the fork and a trug with a splintered handle , into which she had teased a handful of the fertilizer ." now ..." she catalogued the wandering lines of the lawn , the tangle of weed and grass , the unpruned clematis . she shaded her eyes with a hand , and i knew she was peering into the past ." if i'm truthful .i didn't want you to be a gardener , minty , certainly not in my garden ."
her eyes betrayed a sudden amusement ." but , i needn't have worried ." she picked up the package ." where shall i plant this rose ?"
"i don't want it ."
her fingers curled round it protectectively ." but nathan sent it .
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