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Next time? He didn’t
want her going out by herself which was a bizarre thought, with not even ten
full minutes in her company.
“Make sure that you do.”
He ordered, in a voice he usually reserved for delinquent yobs.
“I’m
sorry.” She said and to her horror felt the sting of tears. It had been a
horrible day and had ended even worse. This was New Years, she should be happy,
looking forward to the year ahead, but instead she was sat in a police car,
unmarked, but still a police car, with the cutest policeman she had ever seen
in her life, but he was telling her off and treating her like a criminal. This
day was officially the worse day of her life. Oh what a way to end the year and
start a new one, she sniffed.
“I’m sorry,” Callum
rushed, seeing the sheen of tears. “I didn’t mean to scare you.”
“It’s okay. You’re
right,” she admitted, blinking rapidly to get rid of the tears. “I don’t
usually go out at night and I didn't think. It makes sense,” she went on bravely,
reaching for the door handle. “Thank you for the lift and Happy New Year.” She
said brightly, as she scrambled out of the car.
Callum got out looking
over the roof of the car waiting for her to open her front door. Ever the
protector, he watched as she fished her keys out of her bag and fumbled with
the latch. She dropped the keys.
“Need any help?”
“No it’s okay. I’m just a
clutz as you already know. Petri dish? Keys?” Wendy shrugged, putting her hands
out, palms up as though they were scales. “Same thing.”
Callum heard the wobble
in her voice. She was trying so hard to be brave in front of him and he wanted
to wrap her up in his arms and tell her everything would be okay.
He walked towards her.
“Here,” he offered softly, taking the keys from her and smiling at the red
plastic key ring shaped like an atom. “Let me.” He unlocked the white pvc door,
similar to his and let it swing open.
“Thanks.” She mumbled,
stepping into the hallway and turning to him.
Callum spied the small
rectangular box on the wall, the green light steady, when it should have been
blinking on their entry. “Why didn’t you program the alarm?”
“The cat.”
“The cat?” He repeated
faintly.
“Mr. Snuggles,” she
explained. “He comes and goes through the cat flap and sets off the alarm when
he jumps onto the kitchen counter. I’ve tried to make him stop, cats on
counters is so unhygienic.” She flicked her hands around. “But he won’t stop.
He never listens to me. He’s such a cat.” Then she smiled softly. “But I love
him.”
Callum could not believe
what he was hearing. She lived alone at the end of a street where her garden
ran parallel to a road busy with foot traffic. There was a field at the back
and she didn’t use the alarm? He was incensed.
“Let me get this
straight,” he said, folding his arms over his chest, unable to hide his
irritation. “You have an alarm but you don't use it because of the cat?”
“Uh uh.” She bit the
corner of her lip. He was not happy.
***
Caroline Bell Foster writes contemporary women’s fiction
with themes of substance that defy convention.
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