His eyes locked with his mother’s, Joe pondered it for a moment. Then he cleared his throat and dropped his gaze. “It’s not been going too well for quite a while,” he said and shifted his cup on the saucer back and forth.“How long have you been together?” Aunt Tess inquired from his right.“Three y
His jaws still tightly pressed together, Joe briefly considered rejecting any further statements. But then he decided to just get it over with. He cleared his throat.“Yeah, I split up with the blonde one,” he said matter-of-factly. “And before you get wrapped up in the wrong ideas here,” he gave hi
They left the pub a little after nine and said goodbye to David and Colleen at the tube station.They were about to walk down the stairs to the tube and take it back to Liverpool Street station when Rachel announced that she didn’t feel like going back to the hotel just yet. She hadn’t had a chance
Joe shot her an irritated look.She held his gaze and raised her eyebrows. “Are you going there?” The bell rang some more.“Can you stop ringing that frigging bell?” Joe snapped.“Are you going to the cabin?” Sarah asked again, the bell still dangling and ringing.His jaw clenched, Joe’s eyes briefl
Joe nodded, sticking with the non-committal smile. “Yes, I’m here for a little while, and Rick said I could come by and have this checked.” He raised his braced hand.“Oh, what did you do?” Mrs. Mayer asked.Joe shrugged. “Got two fingers stuck in a car door…”Like everyone before her, Mrs. Mayer cr
They still had forty minutes left until the Tower closed for the day.After a short discussion they decided to split up, so each of them could spend the remaining time the way she preferred. Ellen and June headed to the special exhibit on Henry VIII, Rachel wanted to see the Crown Jewels again and D
Picking the pen back up, he tried to concentrate on his notes again. He wanted to work on this until he was tired enough to go to bed and straight to sleep. That way he would be able to avoid brooding over things he didn’t want to think about.Unfortunately his mind had already started to drift off,
"Morning, my love," Liz chirped, entering the kitchen. Joe looked up from the newspaper he'd laid out on the table and placed his coffee mug down. He maintained a stoic expression while observing her traverse the kitchen, her lengthy blonde locks still moist from her shower, her pink silk kimono ca