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?”
wants to come home. I think there’s something
that right? Well, there was a lot wrong when she took off the way she did. I thought it
“Steph…”
Stephen snatches it 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
I’d like to talk
no sister of mine.
babbles out of the ear-piece. “Davey, I’m scared. Something has happened and…
do Shelley, but I can’t make any
she was earning a living. Probably just got herself pregnant by some stranger and now she wants
sake, Steve, show
at home and she’s not coming
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The Present - James
the door: Foreman’s
A grunt; “Door’s open.”
Sam Callaghan stands at a table, resting on both palms as he stoops over site schematics spread flat, pinned at the corners
He jerks his chin to a stack
“Thanks, yes.”
for you?” His voice is a growl brought on by years of shouting outdoor instructions up gantries and scaffolding, and across acres.
for boiling
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