Lily Nunthorpe was a seamstress by trade and owned a vintage clothes shop in St Pierre, “Then for Now” and specialised in repairing and rejuvenating old garments, as well as stocking a large quantity of Vintage wear.
Her best friend was David Lee
who was the owner of the Forum Cinema, and they had been friends since their
school days along with their other halves.
Since they were both widowed,
they became much closer, her husband Jack hand been gone for ten years whereas
David’s wife Brenda had only passed two years earlier.
In those two years they were
always together and could often be seen
walking their dogs together.
It was a significant year for
both of them as they were both turning 60.
David was first and he had a
big family celebration on the day but two days later on Saturday the two of
them celebrated it again, ending up at her house.
Her niece Poppy lived with
her, but she couldn’t keep up with the oldies and went to bed leaving them to
carry on celebrating, and they celebrated so well that their inhibitions
floated away on an alcohol fuelled wave, which is why, Lily suddenly said.
“I love you David”
“I love you too” he replied
and had another drink
“No I mean “I love you”” she
said and held his hand.
He squeezed her hand in
return and smiled and said
“And I….”
But he never finished, and
shook his head
“No, no, I can’t”
Then he got up and stumbled
out of the door with Lily shouting at him as he left
“Don’t go David, I’m sorry”
The next day Lily berated
herself for her stupidity, in declaring her love for David, and had condemned
herself to walking the dog alone, and now wouldn’t be able to celebrate her
birthday with the man she loved.
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