On Wednesday Amelia Williamson paid a visit to Cliff Haven to speak with Molly,
“Hi Amelia” she
said “Come in”
“Thanks Molly,
I’m sorry to disturb you, but we have a problem”
“What sort of
problem?” Molly asked
“They’ve
discovered evidence of woodworm in the roof space of the cottages” Amelia said
“So what’s the
solution?” Molly said
“It’s simple
enough to fix” she replied “They just need to spray all the timbers”
“That sounds ok”
“The problem is
that all the tenants are retirees, some of which have COPD and other breathing
difficulties” she explained “And…”
“And the
chemicals could exacerbate there health problems” Molly said, “So how long
would they need to vacate for?”
“48 hours”
“Put them all up
at the Beamont for a night” Molly said “To be on the safe side make it too”
“You’ll need to
let their GP know and I’ll speak with Victoria”
Two days after
“mothgate” Morgan Baker and Tom Sword met outside the Gondolier where the
diminutive Police Officer and the great bear of a Pastry Chef had the first of
many dates.
Caroline Wells and Duncan Wilson were married for fifteen years before
they divorced, and they were separated for two years before that.
It was not an acrimonious parting, and there was no ill feeling, in fact
they were still friends, and there was still love between them, though not a
romantic love.
Caroline had also remained very involved in her children’s lives and was
still on very good terms with the rest of the family.
The breakdown of the marriage was not a lack of love, it simply came
down to the fact that she did not come from a farming background, Duncan had
thought she would grow to love it, but she never really did.
She ran a
successful business in St Pierre, a Coffee House, called Gilbert’s, overlooking
the harbour.
It was named after the minor Norman nobleman, Gilbert du Beaumont, who
claimed the Bay Islands for himself, after the Battle of Hastings.
Duncan was now in
another relationship and was all loved up with an Audiologist called Anna, and
she was very happy for him, but she was also more than a little jealous.
But there was no
one in her life, well not since New Years Eve when she got in a clinch with
Doctor Austin Freshwater, not that she knew he was a doctor at the time.
Nothing came of
it though because neither of them thought to get the others name.
So that was that,
until she went to the Saxvirdan Surgery about her migraines on Friday, if she’d
been more of a hypochondriac, she would have discovered sooner that her mystery
snogger was Austin Freshwater and he was a GP.
He was on a
twelve-month secondment and had only been on the island for a couple of months
when they had their passionate embrace.
When her name was
called, Caroline walked into the surgery and the Doctor had his back to her.
“Take a seat Mrs
Wells” He said as he turned around there was a moment’s hesitation and then
they said in unison
“Oh it’s you”
It was nice to
have seen him again but apart from a minute of polite intercourse it was just
Doctor Patient.
So she left the
surgery with mixed feelings, pleased to have seen him but unsure where to go
next.
She was very busy
the next day, Saturdays were always busy at the Gilbert but that day it was
busier than ever, from the moment they opened until about 4pm when there was a
bit of a lull.
It was during
that lull when she saw Austin walk in and sit down.
Sally Watson was
just about to go and take his order, but Caroline said
“Ok Sally I’ve
got this one”
“Ok” she said,
and Caroline walked over to his table
“Hello Doctor,
what can I get you?”
“Ah Good, I am in
the right place” he said
“Are you meeting
someone?” she asked “I can wait to take your order”
“No I’m not
meeting anyone” he replied
“I was looking
for you”
“Me! Really? How
did you track me down?”
“I asked around”
he replied, and she was a bit taken aback and didn’t know what to say so he
helped her out by saying
“I’ll have a
cappuccino”
“Ok no problem”
“Won’t you join
me?” he asked
“I would love to,
but as you can see, we’re really busy today” she said as another group walked
in
“Some other time
then”
“Definitely” she
replied
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