straight past Maggie
and opened up one of the French doors before placing a long cigarette between
scarlet lips, it wasn’t until she had taken her first lungful that she turned
and spoke.
‘Hi Hun,’ she said as if she had only just seen Maggie
sitting in her own kitchen, ‘Oh my god it is bloody freezing…DOM...DOM! Get my
blue cardi from the bedroom can you…DOM! Bloody lazy git, I swear he’s ignoring
me.’
Dom came into the kitchen carrying a green cardigan which he
handed to Maylee.
‘NOT THAT ONE YOU TWAT!’ Maylee shouted at him, looking over
at Maggie and raising her eyebrows in exasperation, ‘I said the blue one didn’t
I Maggie?’
Maggie gritted her teeth, ‘Do you know what Maylee I wasn’t
listening,’ she said pleasantly, ‘that looks nice and warm though, morning Dom
love…do you want coffee?’
‘Ha ha Maggie you are so funny,’ laughed Maylee, ‘as if I
can wear green with this top…go and get the blue one Dom will you…it’s on the
chair I think.’ She took a last long puff, threw her cigarette butt into the
garden and came back into the room.
‘I’ll have a coffee if there’s one going,’ she said sitting
down next to Maggie.
‘Of course, help yourself,’ said Maggie, ‘there’s plenty in
the pot, I expect Dom will want one when he get down as well.’
Maylee didn’t move, just sat examining her nails until Dom
came back carrying the blue cardigan which he proceeded to put round her
shoulders, bending down to kiss her neck as he did so.
‘Dom, a little space please!’ exclaimed Maylee shrugging him
off. She took the cardigan off her shoulders and put it onto the seat next to
her Maggie noticed.
Dom went over to the coffee machine and poured a cup for
Maylee and one for himself.
‘Do you want another Mum?’ he asked with a smile, Maggie
smiled back and nodded.
‘So what are you two up to today?’ she asked a moment later.
‘Oh well Maylee wants to go shopping so I said I would take
her down to Brighton, have a look round the lanes you know…’ said Dom breaking
off at Maylee’s hard stare.
‘Dommmiiee!’ she gasped indignantly. ‘It was your idea to go
shopping, what will Maggie think of me…wanting to go shopping all the time.
Actually Maggie it’s just that I need to get some stuff for Jukie…um you know
clothes and stuff and there’s this designer outlet down there. Bloody good
stuff, all designer…because my Jukie is really fussy about what he wears…I
know, I know he’s only three, but he must have my fashion sense because unless
it’s got a label he won’t wear it. Oh my god I got these jeans right, from
Tescos, only a fiver in the sale, dead cute they were and I thought, he’s not
going to know…I mean they looked like Ralph Lauren, you know same style and
stuff, but would my baby wear them…oh my god Maggie he had a fit, it’s like he
could tell they were cheap rubbish…he could tell they weren’t designer. But
then he’s like me in that respect I don’t wear anything but designer me, I mean
why pay for crap…you know what I mean Maggs.’
Maggie determinedly didn’t look in Dom’s direction as she
said, ‘Oh I know…nightmare.’
Maggie turned to Dom, ‘Please tell me you have got some
ideas of what we can do for Jed’s birthday next week…I have wracked my brains.
Jools is taking him away the following weekend, some lovely hotel in the
country somewhere I think, and I was thinking about having a big family meal,
you know just dad…’
‘Oh Jools must be loaded I suppose,’ interrupted Maylee with
a sour look on her face. ‘Those country hotels don’t come cheap let me tell
you, I went to one last year…or was it the year before…anyway I didn’t think
much of it actually…I mean when you think how much they cost…’
‘Well as to that I think Jools has been saving for months,
she told me about it ages ago so…’ began Maggie.
‘Well I’d recommend her not to waste her money…’ carried
and opened up one of the French doors before placing a long cigarette between
scarlet lips, it wasn’t until she had taken her first lungful that she turned
and spoke.
‘Hi Hun,’ she said as if she had only just seen Maggie
sitting in her own kitchen, ‘Oh my god it is bloody freezing…DOM...DOM! Get my
blue cardi from the bedroom can you…DOM! Bloody lazy git, I swear he’s ignoring
me.’
Dom came into the kitchen carrying a green cardigan which he
handed to Maylee.
‘NOT THAT ONE YOU TWAT!’ Maylee shouted at him, looking over
at Maggie and raising her eyebrows in exasperation, ‘I said the blue one didn’t
I Maggie?’
Maggie gritted her teeth, ‘Do you know what Maylee I wasn’t
listening,’ she said pleasantly, ‘that looks nice and warm though, morning Dom
love…do you want coffee?’
‘Ha ha Maggie you are so funny,’ laughed Maylee, ‘as if I
can wear green with this top…go and get the blue one Dom will you…it’s on the
chair I think.’ She took a last long puff, threw her cigarette butt into the
garden and came back into the room.
‘I’ll have a coffee if there’s one going,’ she said sitting
down next to Maggie.
‘Of course, help yourself,’ said Maggie, ‘there’s plenty in
the pot, I expect Dom will want one when he get down as well.’
Maylee didn’t move, just sat examining her nails until Dom
came back carrying the blue cardigan which he proceeded to put round her
shoulders, bending down to kiss her neck as he did so.
‘Dom, a little space please!’ exclaimed Maylee shrugging him
off. She took the cardigan off her shoulders and put it onto the seat next to
her Maggie noticed.
Dom went over to the coffee machine and poured a cup for
Maylee and one for himself.
‘Do you want another Mum?’ he asked with a smile, Maggie
smiled back and nodded.
‘So what are you two up to today?’ she asked a moment later.
‘Oh well Maylee wants to go shopping so I said I would take
her down to Brighton, have a look round the lanes you know…’ said Dom breaking
off at Maylee’s hard stare.
‘Dommmiiee!’ she gasped indignantly. ‘It was your idea to go
shopping, what will Maggie think of me…wanting to go shopping all the time.
Actually Maggie it’s just that I need to get some stuff for Jukie…um you know
clothes and stuff and there’s this designer outlet down there. Bloody good
stuff, all designer…because my Jukie is really fussy about what he wears…I
know, I know he’s only three, but he must have my fashion sense because unless
it’s got a label he won’t wear it. Oh my god I got these jeans right, from
Tescos, only a fiver in the sale, dead cute they were and I thought, he’s not
going to know…I mean they looked like Ralph Lauren, you know same style and
stuff, but would my baby wear them…oh my god Maggie he had a fit, it’s like he
could tell they were cheap rubbish…he could tell they weren’t designer. But
then he’s like me in that respect I don’t wear anything but designer me, I mean
why pay for crap…you know what I mean Maggs.’
Maggie determinedly didn’t look in Dom’s direction as she
said, ‘Oh I know…nightmare.’
Maggie turned to Dom, ‘Please tell me you have got some
ideas of what we can do for Jed’s birthday next week…I have wracked my brains.
Jools is taking him away the following weekend, some lovely hotel in the
country somewhere I think, and I was thinking about having a big family meal,
you know just dad…’
‘Oh Jools must be loaded I suppose,’ interrupted Maylee with
a sour look on her face. ‘Those country hotels don’t come cheap let me tell
you, I went to one last year…or was it the year before…anyway I didn’t think
much of it actually…I mean when you think how much they cost…’
‘Well as to that I think Jools has been saving for months,
she told me about it ages ago so…’ began Maggie.
‘Well I’d recommend her not to waste her money…’ carried
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