MIDNIGHT - HarperCollins NZ
MIDNIGHT - HarperCollins NZ
MIDNIGHT - HarperCollins NZ
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CHAPTER TWO<br />
Bower Street in Blackburn was a quiet little<br />
street of ordinary homes and ordinary families.<br />
Like families everywhere, they all had their problems,<br />
but the mother and daughter at Number 20 had more<br />
than their fair share. On this fine brisk morning, Eileen<br />
Harrow was in an angry mood.<br />
‘If I want him in my bed, that’s for me to decide –<br />
and you, my girl, should learn to mind your own<br />
business!’<br />
The sixty-year-old woman had entertained many men<br />
in her bed these past years, and though her judgement<br />
was sadly misguided, her determination never wavered.<br />
‘I’m sorry, Libby. I know your father did wrong by you,<br />
by going off when he did, but that’s all in the past – and<br />
if I can forgive him, why can’t you?’<br />
While Libby frantically searched for an answer, the<br />
older woman jabbed a finger at her. ‘All right, then.<br />
Forgive him, don’t forgive him – it’s up to you. But I<br />
will not have my own daughter telling me what to do!’<br />
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