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‘Sshhh, you don’t want the whole town to know,’ Maggie said as people resumed their conversations.
‘I think the whole town does know. Did a message get put out on the town’s emergency text system?’
‘Look, everyone cares, this is the first date that you’ve had in eight years, we all want it to go well.’
‘Can I not just screw it up on my own? Whether it does or doesn’t go well is not going to depend on my hair or whether I have smooth legs or sexy underwear.’
‘But those things will certainly help.’
‘Maggie, I love you, but butt out.’
‘Nonsense. If you loved me, you’d let me help you. Now eat up, your hair appointment is in fifteen minutes.’
‘I’m not having my hair done.’
Why was Pe
‘Come on, just a little trim. A cut and blow-dry. It’s free,’ Maggie wheedled.
‘Fine, but I’m not having a wax or buying sexy underwear.’
‘Well, see how you feel after your hair appointment.’
Pe
‘I need to stop at the chemist first, I need a new toothbrush. I won’t be a minute,’ Pe
‘Don’t think you can escape out the back door, Pe
Pe
‘It’s so hard to know what to get, isn’t it,’ the lady said.
‘I know,’ Pe
‘I like the ribbed ones though.’ The lady winked at her and grabbed a box off the nearby shelf and ran off towards the tills.
Pe
Suza
‘It’s tricky, isn’t it, dear, but if I were you I’d get the extra-large, that Henry looks like he’s hung like a horse.’
Pe
‘Of course you were, dear.’ Suza
Suza
She grabbed another huge handful and that went into the bag too.
Pe
‘Here, you put those extra-large ones in here, they’re on the house,’ Suza
‘I… it’s only our first date, I wasn’t pla
‘Of course not, dear, but you know, maybe the second date or the third. Don’t keep him waiting too long though, dear, poor love will have testicles the size of watermelons otherwise.’
Pe
‘Took you long enough, what did you get?’ Maggie eyed the bulging bag.
‘Suza
Maggie made a zipping her lips shut gesture, but Pe
‘Come on, Natalie will be waiting,’ Maggie said, nobly.
Still dying with embarrassment, Pe
Chapter Twelve
Henry strode around the back of the house, whistling to himself. He had never looked forward to a date before as much as he was looking forward to his night with Pe
He peered through her back door to see if she was around and was surprised to see her pacing nervously around the kitchen. Maybe she was just nervous about the date. She had really big hair too, as if she had been in a wind tu
He opened the door and let himself in. She looked at him with a terrified expression on her face. Was she having second thoughts about their date? He decided to ignore the big hair, as he certainly didn’t want her to feel self-conscious about it, and just start a casual conversation with her to try to distract her from her nerves.
‘I had an interesting conversation with someone in town…’
Pe