Rose’s POV
Ten years back
I feel I must share my new knowledge, my liberation, call it what you will. Recently my whole way of life has changed. My husband died just over a year ago, I have one son who is away at hostel.
All this has changed not only because of a new face in the village, but also because of a mistake. Obviously it could have proved a costly mistake on behalf of my new friend, except it didn’t. The mistake provided the awakening of my s****l needs, my requirements, so long pushed out of my mind.
I met Paula in the local supermarket. She is an American whose husband has taken a position at a local company. I was trying to make up my mind about a particular product when, with a “pardon me” this hand reached over and removed a packet of what I was studying. As these produ
