I'll Be There For You. Kerry Barrett
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Название: I'll Be There For You
Автор: Kerry Barrett
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Ужасы и Мистика
Серия: Could It Be Magic?
isbn: 9781474032001
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I gave her a nervous smile.
‘Mine have just started,’ I said. ‘I’m a bit out of my depth with two of them. That’s why I wanted to come.’
‘You’re very welcome,’ she said. ‘I hope we can help.’
‘See,’ I whispered to Esme as we released the kids from their straps and let them loose on the toys. ‘They’re nice.’
‘Excuse me,’ another woman said. She had short dark hair and she was dressed exactly like Esme had been yesterday – Breton-striped T-shirt, skinny jeans, ballet pumps – I caught Ez smiling at me over her shoulder and ignored her.
‘Are you Harmony McLeod?’ the woman went on. ‘I recognise you from your spa.’
I was startled. And pleased.
‘Yes, I’m Harmony,’ I said. ‘Harry, call me Harry.’
The woman beamed at me.
‘I’m Susie,’ she said. ‘Everyone, this is Harry. She runs that gorgeous spa – you know, the one in Stockbridge. She’s wonderful.’
‘This is my cousin Esme,’ I said as Susie bustled me over to the chairs and sat me down. ‘She’s a lawyer.’
Esme made a face at me that I took to mean ‘don’t worry about it’. She took herself over to where Clemmie was sitting on a mat bashing two bricks together with glee and was soon in deep conversation with another mum who had a baby boy snuggled into her shoulder.
You know that scene in Legally Blonde when Elle comes home from her date and everyone wants to know if she’s engaged? That’s kind of how it was for me. I was suddenly surrounded by women, all asking me questions and telling me how much they loved me and my business.
‘I go to your spa all the time,’ one woman said. ‘I love your acupuncturist. I’m sure that’s why I got pregnant so quickly.’
‘Do you remember me?’ another asked. ‘I came for counselling just after you’d opened.’ I smiled vaguely. I’d seen hundreds of women for counselling. She didn’t seem to care.
‘I love the way you’ve made a career out of your witchcraft,’ she went on. ‘You’re such an inspiration. I even read about you in the business section of the Evening News a couple of years ago.’
Suddenly I remembered why I’d recognised the mum – Vicky, was it? – at Esme’s group yesterday. She was the reporter who’d interviewed me for that business profile. I felt guilty again for dismissing all those women so easily.
The love-in was carrying on around me. The women cooing over how brilliant the spa was, how amazing I was, how cute the twins were… even how shiny my hair was. It was a bit uncomfortable to be the subject of so much hero worship but I couldn’t help enjoying it.
And then a black cloud came in. Not literally, of course, but though my powers were on the blink I could still sense an atmosphere.
‘Oh hello,’ said a chilly voice.
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