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Authors: Lisa J. Hobman
Tags: #Highlands, #Scotland, #Love and loss, #contemporary romance, #second chance
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girl stepped out and looked up as if surprised. She smiled brightly. “Hullo there.”
“Uh, hi” stammered Walt. The girl wore a light, floral dress. Her dark hair was cut in a pageboy style, her small nose was slightly upturned, and Walt thought he could detect a twinkle in her eye. The overall impression was of good humour, and Walt thought she looked as pretty up close as she had appeared from a distance.
She looked at him quizzically. “Err. Forgive me for asking, but how old are you?”
“I’ve just turned seventeen.” Walt paused, scuffing his shoe on the pavement. “By the way, my name’s Wally.”
“Hi, Wally, I’m Mary and I’m eighteen.”
The ice broken, Wally suddenly felt a little more confident. “I’ve seen you around town a few times,” he observed. “I noticed you looking in the windows at Kenyon’s a few times when I used to work at Walmsley’s Butchers. And then when we moved here a few weeks ago, I was surprised to see you walking down the street.”
“You saw me at Kenyon’s? It’s a small world. I’ve seen you racing around town on your bike as well. I’m not sure why you haven’t come a cropper yet. You seem to travel at a frightfully fast speed.”
Walt smiled. “I’m always careful, although the Bobbies have pulled me up once or twice and told me to slow down.” He kicked the ground again. After a moment’s hesitation he looked back at Mary. “Listen, do you ever go dancing?”
Mary nodded. “I go down to the Co-op rooms on a Thursday night. The dance starts at seven. My father always takes me.”
“Thursday night. Righto. I’ll be there this week,” he blurted out in a rush. “Would you mind if I asked you for a dance?”
Mary smiled. “That sounds lovely.”
The dark blue front door of Wally’s house opened and his mother looked out. “Oh, Wally! Good, you’re back. Your father is getting impatient for his dinner.”
Wally looked at Mary, a sheepish smile on his face. He turned to his mother. “Sorry, Mum, I actually haven’t left yet. I was just talking to Mary here. I’d better run. Bye, Mary.”
Hannah smiled. “Nice to meet you, Mary.”
Wally took off down the street on his bike. Hannah and Mary both stepped back into their respective homes. It was only as Wally arrived at the bakery that he realised Mary hadn’t gone anywhere. She’d come out of the front door when he had, but gone straight back inside when the conversation finished. Could she have stepped outside just to see him?
Feeling pleased with himself, he raced home. As he entered the house, his father looked up from his newspaper. “About bloody time, lad. Did you bake the loaf yourself?” he asked. “And you can wipe that silly grin off your face.”
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