Rowan: Hey Mum – wait up!
Louise: Hello, love! Where are you off to?
Rowan: I was just coming to see you, actually – are you off out?
Louise: No, I’m on the way home; I’ve just been round to Effie’s. Still didn’t manage to kidnap the twins though!
Rowan: Yeah, well I think Effie’s going to have them under armed guard now that Sadie’s gone all broody…Mum, do you remember years ago when I had my Tarot cards read?
Louise: How could I forget? You were ranting on for weeks about what a load of old tosh it was, what a waste of money…
Rowan: Well maybe I did go on a bit. Do you remember what she said?
Louise: Oh yes- she said she could see four children in your future, and you were horrified – you nearly fell off your chair!
Rowan: Oh I’d forgotten that bit! Well – probably two of them are the twins. So by the time Sadie’s had a couple, maybe that lets me off the hook!
Louise: Maybe it does! So, which bit of the reading are you thinking about, then?
Rowan: She said she could see a man surrounded by brown butterflies, and I could trust him with my heart. D’you reckon there’s anything in these sorts of things, Mum?
Louise: Well, I don’t know, love. I’m open-minded about a lot of things. Let’s sit on the bench for a bit.
Louise: So – what’s made you think about that Tarot reading, all these years later?
Rowan: Oh – it’ll sound daft if I say it! Tell you another time.
Louise: Fair enough. D’you want to come round ours for lunch tomorrow?
Rowan: Actually – I’m going out to lunch with Jake tomorrow.
Louise: Jake…?
Rowan: Yeah, you know – the bloke who owns the Frog and Fiddle.
Louise: Oh yes! He’s nice.
Louise: So, do you think he’s the man with the butterflies?
Rowan: Yes – I think he probably is…
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