Chapter Three
It wasn’t until the following Monday that I got a text message from Bea inviting me to call again. She said she had the Tuesday afternoon and evening free and as her husband was working away, would I like to come for an evening meal. She said if I like cooking I could help her to prepare it. I was thrilled.
In her message she explained that she hadn’t been able to let me know sooner, as she’d only just found out he would be working away. She asked me to bring some more of my work for her to look at, so it looked as if we might have all afternoon and evening together.
I was so excited.
I was just getting ready to leave after lunch on the Tuesday when I had another message asking me to come later. I honestly thought, ‘She’s going to put me off again’. I felt so down I almos
