There's Always Tomorrow

330 Pages·2016·1.39 MB·English

by  Weaver Pam

Pam Weaver
There’s Always Tomorrow
Acknowledgements

To Eve Blizzard, ever there with an encouraging word, my amazing editor, Kate
Bradley, and my agent Juliet Burton – Juliet, you’re the best!
This book is dedicated to David, my husband, my lover and
my best friend, who never stopped believing in me.
Contents

Acknowledgements
One
Dottie glanced at the clock and the letter perched
beside…
Two
When at last Dottie walked outside into the cool
night…
Three
Mary Prior’s niece sighed. ‘Nobody’s coming yet.’
Four
It was cool in the shed. Reg pulled the orange…
Five
Dottie didn’t finish at the house until late. She
was…
Six
Reg was in a good mood when he arrived back…
Seven
Saturday August 25 was indeed what the papers
called ‘a…
Eight
Billy didn’t have the energy to run all the way…
Nine
It was quarter to ten when Dottie finally got home.
Ten
‘You’re very quiet today, Dottie.’
Eleven
It was a mad rush to get the tea ready…
Twelve
Mrs Fitzgerald was out. She’d left a note on the…
Thirteen
Dottie decided not to argue with Reg about Sylvie’s
length…
Fourteen
Late the following Friday afternoon, Dottie was
drumming her fingers…
Fifteen
By the time Dottie, Sylvie and Michael’s mum,
Edna, arrived…
Sixteen
Sylvie had taken Dottie to a hotel in the centre…
Seventeen
Michael’s wedding day dawned dull and overcast.
Dottie slipped out…
Eighteen
The reception finished at around ten and everyone,
with the…
Nineteen
Dottie woke with a start. The bright moonlight had
waxed…
Twenty
Was her period late?
Twenty-one
‘People will think we’re off to another wedding,’
Dottie joked…
Twenty-two
Patsy was in bed. Dottie poured herself a cup of…
Twenty-three
Janet Cooper climbed into the window of her
tobacconist-cum-sweet-shop and…
Twenty-four
When Dottie came downstairs on Thursday, her
black eye was…
Twenty-five
Reg hadn’t come home last night.
Twenty-six
It was Sunday, the day Dottie and Patsy were due…
Twenty-seven
When she woke next morning, Dottie was alone
once again.
Twenty-eight
There had been a heart-stopping moment when Reg
had looked…
Twenty-nine
‘Who’s there?’ The light from the kitchen made the
person…
Thirty
It was proving to be difficult trying to contact
Sylvie.
Thirty-one
The whistle went, bringing to an end the last
playtime…
Thirty-two
The clock on the mantelpiece said 2.20am and
Dottie was…
Thirty-three
John Landers couldn’t sleep. He stood at the
window of…
Thirty-four
By the time Ann had raced downstairs and grabbed
her…
Thirty-five
After a full English breakfast, Reg suggested that
Patsy and…
Thirty-six
The whole bungalow smelled musty and damp. The
windows were…
Thirty-seven
Mary listened open-mouthed as Ann told her what
had happened…
Thirty-eight
When John walked into the Jolly Farmer that night,
a…
Thirty-nine
As soon as the man spoke, it was so obvious,…
Forty
‘As a matter of fact, we do have someone fitting…
Forty-one
Kipper got the call just before he was going off…
Forty-two
‘May I remind you that you are here purely as…
Forty-three
‘If you ask me, they’ll do her for attempted
murder,’…
Forty-four
‘It’s all gone!’
Forty-five
John opened the car door.
Forty-six