. i was on the old switchback again .
i went to make some tea in te kitchen and , on the way , glanced up at the landing , where the ironing board was and where rose , when she lived here , had used to have her desk . she was still in this house , nathan too .
i put the kettle on , unlocked the back door , and went outside into the summer night .
what had nathan and rose decided between them ?
i sat down on the bench and ran my fingernail along the table .there was lichen growing oppsite me at this table . we had been married for three years and one day . because it was such a warm evening , we were having supper of seafood pasta ( i was eating the seafood without the pasta ) outside and we had embarked on a negotiation at to where we should take a holiday .
"i want somewhere hot ." i said ats i always did , so my pitch held no surprises .
he dug his fork into the pasta , iwrled it expertly , then lifted it to his mouth ." and i want to go to cornwall ," he said as he always did .
"i've looked up a place on rhodes . nice villa by the sea . the boys would like it ."
" the boys are too young . when we took sam and poppy ..." nathan did not continute . he put down his fork and looked everywhere but at me .
that was the moment when a voice in me articulated clearly ." do you realized you have taken enough history to fill a library ?"
i got up , went insible , and rattled in the cupboard for salt .
i went to make some tea in te kitchen and , on the way , glanced up at the landing , where the ironing board was and where rose , when she lived here , had used to have her desk . she was still in this house , nathan too .
i put the kettle on , unlocked the back door , and went outside into the summer night .
what had nathan and rose decided between them ?
i sat down on the bench and ran my fingernail along the table .there was lichen growing oppsite me at this table . we had been married for three years and one day . because it was such a warm evening , we were having supper of seafood pasta ( i was eating the seafood without the pasta ) outside and we had embarked on a negotiation at to where we should take a holiday .
"i want somewhere hot ." i said ats i always did , so my pitch held no surprises .
he dug his fork into the pasta , iwrled it expertly , then lifted it to his mouth ." and i want to go to cornwall ," he said as he always did .
"i've looked up a place on rhodes . nice villa by the sea . the boys would like it ."
" the boys are too young . when we took sam and poppy ..." nathan did not continute . he put down his fork and looked everywhere but at me .
that was the moment when a voice in me articulated clearly ." do you realized you have taken enough history to fill a library ?"
i got up , went insible , and rattled in the cupboard for salt .
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