Chapter Eight
All Made Up
“I have a little surprise for you,” said Edith to Simon. “Something that I promised!”
He felt a quiver of terror! Now, why should he feel that? He tried to remember if Edith had promised him something and realised that he had no idea what she was talking about.
“What is it?”
“Mmm, I’ll tell you when you are ready, darling. Go upstairs and get dressed and wait in the bedroom for me.”
She looked at her watch and nodded.
“You have twenty minutes, so make sure that everything is perfect, just the way that it was last time. Have a shower and shave as well, I want you so feminine that you’re to die for.”
He hesitated and then dared ask a question.
“Were you at Vivian’s?” he asked.
“Just a coffee, dear.”
“Did you tell her even more?”
“I told her to keep her n
