March
Twin sisters Candice and Anna Roberts had both been nurses at the Winston
Churchill Hospital, until they retrained to be therapists.
They were
identical twins and their 30th Birthday was on St Davids Day, the same day as
their interviews, which they took to be a good omen.
Candice was the
older of the two by an hour and was five foot eight with bobbed brunette hair
and an olive complexion and hazel eyes.
Anna was two
inches taller than her sister and had more hair.
The girls were both foot lose and fancy free and liked
to party, when the chance arose, and were in no hurry to tie themselves down,
but that was more because they were focused on their careers, and they hadn’t
really done any serious partying since the occasion of their 27th birthdays, so
partying and relationships had been strictly on the back burner, however that
all changed, when they met best friends Callum Gallocker and Jamie Gomm.
Callum and
Jamie were self-employed tradesmen, Callum was an Electrician and Jamie a
general builder, and both of them were currently working on the St Adelaide’s
project, which was to become the St Adelaide’s Reflection and Healing Retreat,
where the girls were hoping to work.
Although they
hailed from Pepperstock Green they had been in Abbottsford for the weekend to
watch the Abbottsford Town match.
The Gallocker
and Gomm families had lived in the village for many years and although they
were not of the landed gentry, the boys were both privately educated and were
university graduates.
So, their
choice of careers initially didn’t sit well with the families, but they had
both made a go of their business and even had employees of their own.
Abbottsford was
a world away from Pepperstock Green geographically and socially from the
Roberts girls who were a world away from Callum and Jamie, they did not come
from a wealthy background and didn’t benefit from a private education so on the
face of it they were like chalk and cheese, and their first meeting was purely
by chance.
The twins were
travelling from their home after getting ready for the journey down the
Expressway, but as they turned out of the end of their road, a taxi was travelling
in the opposite direction from them and the two vehicles collided.
Callum and
Jamie had witnessed the crash and pulled over to see if they could assist.
The effect of
the crash on the Taxi wasn’t serious just a bit of minor damage, but the driver
had only had the car for a month so he got very angry with Candice, who had
been driving, and a furious rant from the driver ensued, which Jamie tried to
cool, to no avail, but when Callum interceded and pointed out to the cab driver
that he was at fault the two leggy drop dead gorgeous brunette girls emerged
from the damaged car, the two adversaries and the peacemaker all went
quiet.
They were both
stunningly beautiful even wearing baggy sweaters and leggings and when Callum
first saw the one with the bobbed brunette hair, he was smitten and the fender
bender was no longer of any importance to him, whereas Jamie felt the same
about the tall one.
The taxi
driver, who had been at fault for the accident, took full advantage of the
distraction and got in his cab and sped away.
“Hey come back!”
Candice shouted as the Cab disappeared around the corner.
“What are we
going to do now?” Anna asked as she looked at what was now an undrivable car.
“Don’t worry”
Callum said, “We’ll get you to your destination.”
“You don’t know
where we’re going” Candice pointed out.
“You could tell
us and then we would” Jamie said.
“Problem solved
then” Anna added and gave her sister a look that said, “just get in the car.”
So after
retrieving their bags from their car and making a quick phone call to their
brother to tell him about their stricken vehicle, Candice complied because it
was obvious her sister fancied the driver’s friend, and she thought the driver
was ok, and he sounded posh, and she liked posh.
“So where are
we taking you?” Callum asked as they drove away.
“A village
called Pepperstock Green” Anna said.
“I hope it’s
not too far out of your way” Candice added, and the two men laughed.
“We live in the
village.”
The girls then
explained they were on the way to a Guesthouse in the village and the next
morning they had interviews for a job at St Adelaide’s, and they laughed again
before explaining that they were working there.
They were
staying for a couple of nights at the Shady Glade Guesthouse in the village and
as Callum drove onto the drive Candice said.
“It sounds more
like somewhere you would inter a loved one for their eternal rest than a B&B.”
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