Masters & Lovers Box Set Three
Chapter 38
Twenty-Six Years Ago
The phone rings and he picks it up… “Hello?” … then jolts as he hears the voice.
“Davey? Is that you?”
“Shelley? Yes, it’s me.” He pauses, looks over his shoulder then around the doorway into the lounge. “Shelley, Stephen’s not here right now, but I’ll have to talk quietly. How are you? Why are you calling? After all this time, why are you calling now?”
“Davey…” Her voice trembles. “I was wondering if… Would it be possible for me to come home?”
“Home?” He holds the receiver as though accusing it of lying. “You want to come home? Shelley, has something happened? Are you alright?”
“Yes, something’s happened, and… no, I’m not alright. Do you think I could come? Would that be... possible?”
“Permanently you mean? To leave the City?”
Clumping sounds in the background; Stephen coming down the stairs. “Who is it?”
“Ah… no-one.”
Stephen looks at him askance. “No-one? What’s that supposed to mean?”
David takes a breath. “It’s Shelley.”
“Shelley?” Stephen looks upstairs. “And what does she want?”
with a hand. “She wants to come home. I think there’s
off the way she did. I
“Steph…”
from his brother’s hand. “Shelley. You’re not coming back here. Don’t ring again. You’re not welcome.” He starts to slam the receiver down, but David grabs it before it clicks
don’t mind, I’d like
of mine. And she’s not coming
babbles out of the ear-piece. “Davey, I’m scared. Something has happened and… Oh, God, please Davey, I’m
I can’t make any promises. Can you tell
it down on the cradle. “So she’s in trouble. You know how she was earning a living. Probably just got herself pregnant by some stranger and now she wants to
Steve, show a little
and she’s not
*****
The Present - James
knock on the
A grunt; “Door’s open.”
he stoops over site schematics spread flat, pinned at the corners with ashtrays, a spanner and a wilting pot plant. “Got
He jerks his chin to a stack
“Thanks, yes.”
years of shouting outdoor instructions up gantries and scaffolding, and across acres. He pours from
for
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