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were so friendly that you immediately felt at home. She waved to a few people she had met in the last week. Lakeview looked like a town straight out of a picture postcard. Bright colours splashed the old buildings that lined both sides of the street.
The cafe was the centre of it all of course, and Grace gave a friendly wave to one of the waitresses who was wiping the tables outside.
They walked further on; Motiv8 leisure club was a little way out and she and her boys walked along the paved path, making their way to the reception.
How lovely it was to never have to use your car either. Here, everything was within walking distance, and Grace enjoyed the exercise she got every day.
Saying hello to the friendly receptionist, she paid and as soon as she let go of their hands, the boys were all over the place, never mind that it was their first time there.
She closed her eyes and counted to three, then caught up with them and grabbed both arms. When they reached the door to the ladies changing room, there were the usual protests, when Josh noticed a picture of a female form drawn on the door.
“I’m not changing in the girls’ bathroom.”
“You have no choice. We all have to change there.” Grace said in a firm tone, hardly recognising it as hers.
To her surprise, Josh dropped his arms from his chest and followed her in.
She wanted to jump in glee. That small success boosted her confidence considerably and for once she felt like a capable mum.
Surely she could handle whatever the boys unleashed during the course of the day?
Grace looked at her reflection in the mirror. The swimming suit fitted her perfectly, moulding itself against her figure. She wished that Kevin was here to see her. Well, his loss, she thought with a muffled giggle.
She folded the boys’ clothes and they made their way out of the changing rooms. Actually there was a kids’ pool, she noticed, her whole body relaxing, and she wondered at the worries she had had earlier.
The pool was charmingly laid out with a small yellow slide that stopped bang in the middle of the pool. The boys went straight in. Grace gingerly put her feet in, and felt like the giant with the water reaching well below her knees.
She slid down and sat on the tiled floor, enjoy the feeling of warm water swirling around her body. There was no one yet in the kids pool, making it easier to watch the twins.
Jake approached the slide and tried to climb it from the wrong way round. He laughed when he couldn’t manage more than a short distance and laughingly slid back into the pool. His brother followed suit.
Grace bit her tongue from telling them to do it the right way. There were no other kids here, so there was no harm in what the boys were doing, she chided herself.
She even found herself laughing at their antics. Kids were creative in their games, she thought watching them lazily.
Josh was trying to push his brother further up the slide, but still not managing to push him far up. Giving up, they came out of the pool of their own accord and went round to climb the slide in the proper way. Grace laughed at the splash made when each boy slid into the water.
Twenty or so minutes later, she watched a woman come towards the kids’ pool holding a little boy’s hand. He looked to be about the same age as her twins.
She wore a white swimming suit that showed off her hour glass figure. Grace thought she looked out of place in these surroundings; she belonged on the cover of a magazine. With her long glossy hair, and sunglasses pushed on her forehead, she looked every inch a model.
“Mum I want to slide,” the boy said, confirming that the woman was his mother.
“OK, Mikey go on,” she said, and came towards where Grace sat in the pool.
Grace smiled at her and the woman smiled back. She too slid into the baby pool and sat next to her.
“I’m Emma,” she said, extending a slim hand. Her smile matched the rest of her looks. Her teeth were milk white and even, and when
The cafe was the centre of it all of course, and Grace gave a friendly wave to one of the waitresses who was wiping the tables outside.
They walked further on; Motiv8 leisure club was a little way out and she and her boys walked along the paved path, making their way to the reception.
How lovely it was to never have to use your car either. Here, everything was within walking distance, and Grace enjoyed the exercise she got every day.
Saying hello to the friendly receptionist, she paid and as soon as she let go of their hands, the boys were all over the place, never mind that it was their first time there.
She closed her eyes and counted to three, then caught up with them and grabbed both arms. When they reached the door to the ladies changing room, there were the usual protests, when Josh noticed a picture of a female form drawn on the door.
“I’m not changing in the girls’ bathroom.”
“You have no choice. We all have to change there.” Grace said in a firm tone, hardly recognising it as hers.
To her surprise, Josh dropped his arms from his chest and followed her in.
She wanted to jump in glee. That small success boosted her confidence considerably and for once she felt like a capable mum.
Surely she could handle whatever the boys unleashed during the course of the day?
Grace looked at her reflection in the mirror. The swimming suit fitted her perfectly, moulding itself against her figure. She wished that Kevin was here to see her. Well, his loss, she thought with a muffled giggle.
She folded the boys’ clothes and they made their way out of the changing rooms. Actually there was a kids’ pool, she noticed, her whole body relaxing, and she wondered at the worries she had had earlier.
The pool was charmingly laid out with a small yellow slide that stopped bang in the middle of the pool. The boys went straight in. Grace gingerly put her feet in, and felt like the giant with the water reaching well below her knees.
She slid down and sat on the tiled floor, enjoy the feeling of warm water swirling around her body. There was no one yet in the kids pool, making it easier to watch the twins.
Jake approached the slide and tried to climb it from the wrong way round. He laughed when he couldn’t manage more than a short distance and laughingly slid back into the pool. His brother followed suit.
Grace bit her tongue from telling them to do it the right way. There were no other kids here, so there was no harm in what the boys were doing, she chided herself.
She even found herself laughing at their antics. Kids were creative in their games, she thought watching them lazily.
Josh was trying to push his brother further up the slide, but still not managing to push him far up. Giving up, they came out of the pool of their own accord and went round to climb the slide in the proper way. Grace laughed at the splash made when each boy slid into the water.
Twenty or so minutes later, she watched a woman come towards the kids’ pool holding a little boy’s hand. He looked to be about the same age as her twins.
She wore a white swimming suit that showed off her hour glass figure. Grace thought she looked out of place in these surroundings; she belonged on the cover of a magazine. With her long glossy hair, and sunglasses pushed on her forehead, she looked every inch a model.
“Mum I want to slide,” the boy said, confirming that the woman was his mother.
“OK, Mikey go on,” she said, and came towards where Grace sat in the pool.
Grace smiled at her and the woman smiled back. She too slid into the baby pool and sat next to her.
“I’m Emma,” she said, extending a slim hand. Her smile matched the rest of her looks. Her teeth were milk white and even, and when
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