I tried to remember the last time; it was after Declan and I split up.
Even then, those weren’t emotional tears—I was crying with pain because he’d broken my arm
and two ribs when I’d finally asked him to move out.
This simply wasn’t on, sobbing in the kitchen of a colleague’s mother. Whatever would Mummy say?
I pulled myself together. “Please don’t apologize, Mrs. Gibbons,” I said,
my voice croaking and then splitting like a teenage boy’s as I tried to calm my breath, wiping my eyes on the tea towel.
She was literally wringing her hands and looked on the verge of tears herself.
Raymond had his arm around her shoulder. “Don’t upset yourself, Mum.
You didn’t mean anything by it, she knows that—don’t you, Eleanor?”
“Yes, of course!” I said and, on impulse, leaned across and shook her hand.
“Your question was both reasonable and appropriate. My response, however, was not.
I’m at a loss to explain it. Please accept my apologies if I’ve made you feel uncomfortable.”
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