hair cut and styled. I felt so much better afterwards and liked the new me.
I went
back to the guest house and unpacked most of our boxes from the move; we had
our own private quarters with four bedrooms. Luckily Lizzie had Violet for the
day so I had some time to myself and could get some unpacking done. Feeling
content and positive I decided to go and see Tammy. She was really happy to see
me and excited about her pending wedding.
She
looked at me.
“ I can ’ t believe I ’ ll be getting married
in a few days. ” Then her face
dropped. “ I am so afraid Bella. ”
“ Why? ” I asked.
“ Look what happened on my wedding day to your
father Bella, he died before we even had a chance to get married. ”
“ You have more chance of winning the lottery than
that happening again. Your day will be perfect, and I ’ m sure father will be watching over you ” I gave her a hug and we sat drinking coffee
while I told her how difficult it was running a guest house and looking after
Violet and Marco. Tammy told me that Ben was coming back later from university,
and he ’ d have one week off
for the wedding.
“ I ’ m so happy I found my son again, he ’ s such a lovely young man. ”
Tammy
looked at me and asked,
“ Did you ever find the letter from your father? I
didn ’ t answer her
immediately. She took a breath and added.
“ I don ’ t know everything that he wrote in it, but what I do know
is that your father isn ’ t Lizzie and Simon ’ s father.
“ I did find the letter Tammy. ” I told her, “ But if what you have told me is true, which is
what I ’ d guessed anyway,
then there is no need to read it, and I ’ m so busy with my life right now, that no other
news is going to change it; unless he had a lot of money stashed away. ” We both laughed.
Later that day, back at the guest house, after preparing evening meals and
looking after Violet, I felt absolutely shattered. I must advertise for some
help. I thought; I can ’ t do this on my own.
Marco
was now working back at the restaurant and when he arrived home he was very
tired. We never seemed to talk anymore and we had become complete strangers. He
also never gave me any money; It seemed to me that I was the one looking after
the finances.
Next
morning Lizzie stopped by and offered to take Violet again for the day. She
still hadn ’ t returned to work
after the miscarriage and had a lot of time on her hands.
Lizzie
sat and had a coffee with me after the guests had left.
“ I have an idea Bella, I ’ m supposed to be going back to work next week
but I was thinking that maybe you could do with the help here? ”
“ Lizzie I ’ d love that, I could really do with the help and having
someone else to talk to would be great. ”
“ Well, that is what I
shall do then, I ’ ll give my notice in
at the beauty shop and work here, and why don ’ t I use the spare room on the first floor and
offer my services to the guests? ”
“ That is a
brilliant idea sis! ”
We then started talking about Tammy`s wedding.
“ What time does
Simon`s plane land? ” I asked Lizzie, as I
knew that she had offered to go and pick them up from the airport.
She looked at her watch.
" Oh dear ! I ’ d better get a move on, they will be landing
soon. ”
After she left I did some cleaning and managed to have a
soak in the bath, put on a nice skirt and top and sprayed myself with my
favourite perfume.
We didn`t have any guests booked in over the
next five days, so everything had worked out right because I wanted to give the
guest house a lick of paint and have carpets fitted everywhere. I was also
planning to buy new curtains and bedding for the guest rooms because the place
was looking a bit drab and old-fashioned for my liking.
I ’ d given the painters
and decorators a key to make things easier and went to stay with Tammy and Roy ’ s for a few
I went
back to the guest house and unpacked most of our boxes from the move; we had
our own private quarters with four bedrooms. Luckily Lizzie had Violet for the
day so I had some time to myself and could get some unpacking done. Feeling
content and positive I decided to go and see Tammy. She was really happy to see
me and excited about her pending wedding.
She
looked at me.
“ I can ’ t believe I ’ ll be getting married
in a few days. ” Then her face
dropped. “ I am so afraid Bella. ”
“ Why? ” I asked.
“ Look what happened on my wedding day to your
father Bella, he died before we even had a chance to get married. ”
“ You have more chance of winning the lottery than
that happening again. Your day will be perfect, and I ’ m sure father will be watching over you ” I gave her a hug and we sat drinking coffee
while I told her how difficult it was running a guest house and looking after
Violet and Marco. Tammy told me that Ben was coming back later from university,
and he ’ d have one week off
for the wedding.
“ I ’ m so happy I found my son again, he ’ s such a lovely young man. ”
Tammy
looked at me and asked,
“ Did you ever find the letter from your father? I
didn ’ t answer her
immediately. She took a breath and added.
“ I don ’ t know everything that he wrote in it, but what I do know
is that your father isn ’ t Lizzie and Simon ’ s father.
“ I did find the letter Tammy. ” I told her, “ But if what you have told me is true, which is
what I ’ d guessed anyway,
then there is no need to read it, and I ’ m so busy with my life right now, that no other
news is going to change it; unless he had a lot of money stashed away. ” We both laughed.
Later that day, back at the guest house, after preparing evening meals and
looking after Violet, I felt absolutely shattered. I must advertise for some
help. I thought; I can ’ t do this on my own.
Marco
was now working back at the restaurant and when he arrived home he was very
tired. We never seemed to talk anymore and we had become complete strangers. He
also never gave me any money; It seemed to me that I was the one looking after
the finances.
Next
morning Lizzie stopped by and offered to take Violet again for the day. She
still hadn ’ t returned to work
after the miscarriage and had a lot of time on her hands.
Lizzie
sat and had a coffee with me after the guests had left.
“ I have an idea Bella, I ’ m supposed to be going back to work next week
but I was thinking that maybe you could do with the help here? ”
“ Lizzie I ’ d love that, I could really do with the help and having
someone else to talk to would be great. ”
“ Well, that is what I
shall do then, I ’ ll give my notice in
at the beauty shop and work here, and why don ’ t I use the spare room on the first floor and
offer my services to the guests? ”
“ That is a
brilliant idea sis! ”
We then started talking about Tammy`s wedding.
“ What time does
Simon`s plane land? ” I asked Lizzie, as I
knew that she had offered to go and pick them up from the airport.
She looked at her watch.
" Oh dear ! I ’ d better get a move on, they will be landing
soon. ”
After she left I did some cleaning and managed to have a
soak in the bath, put on a nice skirt and top and sprayed myself with my
favourite perfume.
We didn`t have any guests booked in over the
next five days, so everything had worked out right because I wanted to give the
guest house a lick of paint and have carpets fitted everywhere. I was also
planning to buy new curtains and bedding for the guest rooms because the place
was looking a bit drab and old-fashioned for my liking.
I ’ d given the painters
and decorators a key to make things easier and went to stay with Tammy and Roy ’ s for a few
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