The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author: Sally Hepworth
- Language: English
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- Status: Available For Free Download
- Genre: Women’s Psychological Fiction
- Price: Free
- File Size: 2 MB
- Publish Date: April 4, 2023
PIPPA
NOW
Someone is out there.’
I’m standing at the kitchen sink, my hands plunged in warm soapy
water. Gabe is beside me, supposedly drying dishes but mostly drinking red
wine and singing to Édith Piaf. He made coq au vin for dinner using every
pot in the house, but if there is one thing to be said for my husband it’s that
he knows how to create a mood. He’s dimmed the lights, lit some candles,
even trotted out his best French accent. If not for the kids and my older sister
Kat – who is perched at my kitchen counter – it might have been romantic.
‘Where?’ Gabe asks.
I lift my gloved hand from the water and point through the window. It is a
woman, I think, though it’s hard to be sure, with the sun setting behind her. In
any case, I have a clear view of a figure, twenty-odd metres away, beyond the
edge of our property where the lawn gives way to a sandy walking path. On
the other side of the walking path is a sheer drop down to the jagged rocks
and the beach thirty metres below. It’s not uncommon for people to stop here
and admire the view, particularly at sunset, but when they linger it always
gives me pause.
‘There.’
I keep my voice quiet, steady. I don’t have the privilege of hysteria given
the proximity of the curious four-year-olds.
‘Where are you going, Daddy?’ Freya asks, as Gabe reaches for his coat.
‘Going to catch frogs, poppet,’ he says without breaking stride.
Gabe is entirely unflappable. He’s your classic run towards a burning
building kind of guy. He might emerge a hero. He might not emerge at all.
‘Call the police,’ he says to me, as he slides open the back door.
I remove my gloves and drape them over the tap to dry. Sometimes I
wonder if I should be a little more like Gabe. More of a hero. Instead, I am a
helper. In times of crisis, I am a creator of meal rosters, a procurer of goods,
a collector of donations, a dispenser of information. Last year, when news of
the pandemic started to filter through, my entire family – parents, sister,
sister-in-law, sister-in-law’s parents – all called me to get my take on social
distancing, masks and vaccinations, hanging on my every word and taking
notes as if I were an epidemiologist rather than a wills and estates lawyer.
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