any longer.
Berta gave her a worried look, ‘I tell them he is only
looking…if he tries to cut I will go away…I tell them that.’ She finished
wagging her finger at Maggie.
‘Stop worrying Berta,’ said Maggie soothingly, ‘no one is
going to hurt you…they will make it better that’s all.’
‘Humph,’ said Berta unconvinced, ‘I do all rooms except
Dom’s,’ she carried on, ‘I try to go in but he has that girl in there…so I
leave it,’ she said making a face. Berta didn’t approve of Dom having his
latest girlfriend staying over, although Maggie couldn’t help remembering she
had had no such problem when Jools, Jed’s girlfriend, had stayed the night…but
then Jools was a little treasure whereas this girl…Maggie sighed.
‘Oh well don’t worry Berta, he can clean his own room this
week can’t he,’ she said. ‘I didn’t hear them come home…must have been a late
one, I didn’t go to bed till well after midnight…’
Berta smirked, ‘Maybe even she clean it for him…pah! I don’t
think so, not that one…might break a finger nail,’ she finished with a laugh at
her own joke. She limped off to get her coat and several scarves which she
wrapped round her shoulders and her head, doubling her already rotund figure,
and then with a wave she was off.
Maggie grimaced to herself; damn, she was no keener than
Berta to have Dom’s latest in the house. The girl was a bloody nightmare,
leaving her stuff all over the place and ordering Dom around like he was her
own personal skivvy. She seemed to take even greater pleasure in doing that
when Maggie was around, it was almost as if she wanted to let her see the
control she had over him…like, look at me, look what I can make your son
do…look how much he loves me…at least that’s what it felt like to Maggie.
Maggie didn’t know what it was about the girl that rubbed
her up the wrong way so much, and she had tried she really had. It was obvious
from the start that Dom was completely besotted with the girl. He had talked
about her constantly when he had returned from Majorca and Maggie had been
really pleased that he had finally found someone. Dom had always been really
shy with girls and had only had a few brief relationships, so for him to have
met someone that he thought was really special was fab.
Maylee certainly wasn’t the usual sort of girl that Dom had
been attracted too in the past, she was rather exotic looking, with long almost
black hair and a very overly made up face, she was also much older than Dom’s
other girlfriends, almost four years older than Dom in fact and already a
mother to a three year old son, Juke.
Always ready to give anyone the benefit of the doubt though,
Maggie made her feel welcome and part of the family. Unfortunately it hadn’t
taken long for Maylee’s true character to start to show itself. Despite being
able to talk for hours about her problems or bitching about someone that was
upsetting her at the time, she seemed to have absolutely no interest in
anything to do with anyone else. Lighting up a cigarette and turning her head
away until you had finished speaking, then immediately getting back to the
important subject of whatever SHE was talking about. The girl was completely
self-obsessed, and appeared to have no empathy for anybody else’s problems. Mix
that with an unhealthy portion of paranoia and an even bigger portion of
bitchiness and that was Maylee.
She had immediately taken a dislike to Jools, which was now
causing problems between Jed and Dom, and that was unheard of. It was taking
all Maggie patience and self control not to say anything, but she knew that if
she did she would alienate Dom, and that she couldn’t do.
She heard movement from upstairs and braced herself for the
woman herself.
Maylee sauntered into the kitchen, as always no matter what
the time, her hair was coiffed, her makeup was immaculate, if rather heavily
applied, and her nails polished and claw like. She walked
Berta gave her a worried look, ‘I tell them he is only
looking…if he tries to cut I will go away…I tell them that.’ She finished
wagging her finger at Maggie.
‘Stop worrying Berta,’ said Maggie soothingly, ‘no one is
going to hurt you…they will make it better that’s all.’
‘Humph,’ said Berta unconvinced, ‘I do all rooms except
Dom’s,’ she carried on, ‘I try to go in but he has that girl in there…so I
leave it,’ she said making a face. Berta didn’t approve of Dom having his
latest girlfriend staying over, although Maggie couldn’t help remembering she
had had no such problem when Jools, Jed’s girlfriend, had stayed the night…but
then Jools was a little treasure whereas this girl…Maggie sighed.
‘Oh well don’t worry Berta, he can clean his own room this
week can’t he,’ she said. ‘I didn’t hear them come home…must have been a late
one, I didn’t go to bed till well after midnight…’
Berta smirked, ‘Maybe even she clean it for him…pah! I don’t
think so, not that one…might break a finger nail,’ she finished with a laugh at
her own joke. She limped off to get her coat and several scarves which she
wrapped round her shoulders and her head, doubling her already rotund figure,
and then with a wave she was off.
Maggie grimaced to herself; damn, she was no keener than
Berta to have Dom’s latest in the house. The girl was a bloody nightmare,
leaving her stuff all over the place and ordering Dom around like he was her
own personal skivvy. She seemed to take even greater pleasure in doing that
when Maggie was around, it was almost as if she wanted to let her see the
control she had over him…like, look at me, look what I can make your son
do…look how much he loves me…at least that’s what it felt like to Maggie.
Maggie didn’t know what it was about the girl that rubbed
her up the wrong way so much, and she had tried she really had. It was obvious
from the start that Dom was completely besotted with the girl. He had talked
about her constantly when he had returned from Majorca and Maggie had been
really pleased that he had finally found someone. Dom had always been really
shy with girls and had only had a few brief relationships, so for him to have
met someone that he thought was really special was fab.
Maylee certainly wasn’t the usual sort of girl that Dom had
been attracted too in the past, she was rather exotic looking, with long almost
black hair and a very overly made up face, she was also much older than Dom’s
other girlfriends, almost four years older than Dom in fact and already a
mother to a three year old son, Juke.
Always ready to give anyone the benefit of the doubt though,
Maggie made her feel welcome and part of the family. Unfortunately it hadn’t
taken long for Maylee’s true character to start to show itself. Despite being
able to talk for hours about her problems or bitching about someone that was
upsetting her at the time, she seemed to have absolutely no interest in
anything to do with anyone else. Lighting up a cigarette and turning her head
away until you had finished speaking, then immediately getting back to the
important subject of whatever SHE was talking about. The girl was completely
self-obsessed, and appeared to have no empathy for anybody else’s problems. Mix
that with an unhealthy portion of paranoia and an even bigger portion of
bitchiness and that was Maylee.
She had immediately taken a dislike to Jools, which was now
causing problems between Jed and Dom, and that was unheard of. It was taking
all Maggie patience and self control not to say anything, but she knew that if
she did she would alienate Dom, and that she couldn’t do.
She heard movement from upstairs and braced herself for the
woman herself.
Maylee sauntered into the kitchen, as always no matter what
the time, her hair was coiffed, her makeup was immaculate, if rather heavily
applied, and her nails polished and claw like. She walked
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