Bricking It

by Nick Spalding

OTHER TITLES BY NICK SPALDING LOVE… SERIES: Love… From Both Sides Love… And Sleepless Nights Love… Under Different Skies Love… Among The Stars LIFE… SERIES: Life… On a High Life… With No Breaks CORNERSTONE The Cornerstone Wordsmith… The Cornerstone

rusted completely through, falls over onto the cracked garden path with a loud clatter. Birds in the trees and bushes around us take flight, startled by such a loud noise in such a quiet place. ‘Very generous of her,’ he says drily. ‘And what exactly did she leave Mum and Dad again?’ ‘£75,000. All her life savings,’ I reply, as quietly as I can, so it doesn’t sound so bad.

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happened to Gerard, who listens quietly until I am finished, and then sympathises with me in that soft tone of voice he has no doubt practised a thousand times in interviews with people as incompetent as I am at house renovation. By the end of the chat I am actually feeling a lot better. I put the phone down and allow myself a little smile. What a nice thing for him to have done.

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