The Woman Who Upped and Left: A laugh-out-loud read that will put a spring in your step!. Fiona Gibson

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СКАЧАТЬ It’s just,’ Hugo goes on, ‘I gather things don’t go too well at home in your absence. And I thought, ah, she’s one of those women who runs everything brilliantly, like a well-oiled machine, and whenever she’s not on hand it all falls apart …’

      I peer at him, fascinated by his observation. ‘Like a well-oiled machine? Whatever makes you think that?’

      ‘Well,’ he explains, ‘you’re certainly very tolerant, telling your other half how to use the washing machine.’

      I watch as he pops the egg into his mouth. ‘You thought I was on the phone to my husband?’

      ‘Well, er, I just assumed …’

      I laugh loudly. ‘That wasn’t my husband. I don’t actually have one. It was my son.’

      ‘Oh! Oh, I see …’ He chuckles awkwardly. ‘Sorry, Audrey. It’s just the way it sounded …’

      ‘That’s okay,’ I say, grinning at the thought of my non-existent, appliance-phobic husband. ‘It’s ridiculous anyway. I mean, Morgan’s not a baby. He’s eighteen and he should be able to cope on his own.’

      ‘I’m sure he can,’ Hugo says firmly.

      ‘You’re right. In fact, I suspect he could be perfectly capable. He just botches things up – I mean, if I ask him to hoover I can guarantee he’ll choke the tube with a sock …’

      ‘… Smart move,’ Hugo remarks.

      ‘Exactly. It’s his way of getting out of doing stuff …’

      ‘Phoney ineptitude,’ he adds with a smirk.

      ‘Phoney ineptitude?’ repeats the slender blonde woman who’s arrived at our side.

      ‘It means pretending you can’t do something when you’re perfectly capable,’ I explain, checking her name badge: Lottie.

      ‘Oh, I don’t need to pretend,’ she exclaims, widening her blue eyes. ‘I’ve never done anything like this before …’

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