283 wivesbehavingbadly

. " a dead man ?" felix's eyes widened in alarm .
"no ."
' a whales "
'i'll tell you ." said   rose  .' it was  a suitecase with R . PEARSON  painted on it  . inside  it there  were tins of peas ."
i scuffed a foot on the carpet  and rose turned . our eyes locked   and her arms tightened possessively around the twins .
" look who's here ...."
' yes ."  i said ." it's your mumy ."
rose stood in the hall with her bag over her ashoulder ." good bye , boys . see you soon ." she handed over the front door  key ." theyu were no trouble ." one thing was absolutely  settle with regard to the situation  between . rose and me  .
i was in the wrong . the black - hearted villain of the piece . and rose   was the person  to whom   wrong  had been done .
which left me - if one accepted  the determinist argument- free to continue to  err ." nathan loved you ." i said ." he always did ."
suddently rose laughed .' oh my god , the tables have turned ." she choked a little . "  don't you see  how funny it is ."
she  held out  bring myself  to take her hand ." i'll work  on it ."
rose soberted up . and her face now registered sadness and regret  ." i think nathan  did love me ,  despite everything ."
"but you ." i pushed it further ." did you ..."
rose moved toward the door ."i've done you a favor today . minty . let's leave it at that . " she placed a hand on the catch ." for the record . nathan , having done it once , would never have left the  twins . and he would  never have regretted  having them ever ."