Apples Never Fall

That was the secret of a happy marriage: step away from the rage

That was the secret of a happy marriage: step away from the rage.

She needed the detective to know that her husband was one hundred per cent innocent. He absolutely did not murder her

and arrest her too.’

‘For what?’

‘For pissing me off,’ said Christina.

Ethan grinned. ‘Fair enough.’

Hypothesis: My children don’t care.

Conclusion: My children don’t care.

She turned up the volume on Taylor Swift to inspire her. She loved Taylor Swift.

and arrest her too.’

‘For what?’

‘For pissing me off,’

She enjoyed being told off by them. She could hear the rhythms of her own voice, her mother’s voice, her grandmother’s voice, every relieved cranky woman from the beginning of time.
*
It was nice to hold on to the memories of those fierce, desperate hugs when the hugging stopped.

Just when he thought he had a handle on this grief business, it walloped him, as if he’d only just got the news. He pressed the back of a hand that still smelled like lamb casserole to his mouth and a small white butterfly fluttered by so close he felt its wings brush against his cheek.

When she walked through art galleries she felt what Logan felt when he watched the grand slams: pain and pleasure, like unrequited love.