Doing the Right Thing (47 page)

“Great,” Ed said. “We can have fun with that.”

The last parcel was from her mother.

“Ed, look,” Addie said. In her hands she held a pink wrap.

“No TV license?”

Addie gave a little smile.

“Maybe there’s hope then?” he said.

“Maybe.”

“These are from me,” Ed said, and lifted a pile of badly wrapped presents onto the bed. “I couldn’t find any tape so I had to use a stapler.”

Addie started to laugh as she unwrapped the de-icer and kept laughing when that was followed by a map book, a torch, an angel air freshener and a Mars bar.

“The garage was the only place open, but they did have this.” Ed handed her a square parcel, no better wrapped than the others. “But open this one first.”

Five different-colored bracelets that Ed had bought in Lincoln.

“I wanted to tell you then how I felt,” he said.

“You did, I wasn’t listening.”

Addie ripped off the paper of the last present. It was a book called
One Hundred
Things You Have To Do Before You Die
.

He leaned up on his elbow. “I think we should work our way through all one hundred. Read out the first one.”

Addie opened the book. Inside, in big letters Ed had written something.

“Oh!” she gasped.

“You have to read it out,” he said.

“Marry me and let’s make babies.”

Ed’s face lit up. “I thought you’d never ask.”

About the Author

Barbara Elsborg lives in West Yorkshire in the north of England. She always wanted to be a spy, but having confessed to everyone without them even resorting to torture, she decided it was not for her. Vulcanology scorched her feet. A morbid fear of sharks put paid to marine biology. So instead, she spent several years successfully selling cyanide.

After dragging up two rotten, ungrateful children and frustrating her sexy, devoted, wonderful husband (who can now stop twisting her arm), she finally has time to conduct an affair with an electrifying, plugged-in male—her laptop.

Her books feature quirky heroines and bad boys, and she hopes they are as much fun to read as they are to write.

The author welcomes comments from readers. You can find her website and email address on her author bio page at www.ellorascave.com.

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