A Life Worth Living by Louise Guy

Author:Louise Guy [Guy, Louise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780648014492
Publisher: Go Direct Publishing Pty Ltd
Published: 2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00

Leah was pleased her parents had agreed to hold the wake at The Hove, an upmarket pub in Brighton Eve had always called her favourite. The funeral home hadn’t had a room big enough and she didn’t want her parents, or herself, having the extra work of hosting it at home.

Booking the pub exclusively for three hours with an open bar and finger food had seemed a perfect solution.

A murmur of conversation filled the main bar area and people were already spilling out into the beer garden.

She checked that the twins were happy with Kate then disappeared to the ladies’ room. She studied her reflection. Leah needed to do some damage control. The tears at the funeral service had left their mark. She went through the bag of Eve’s she’d chosen for the service and selected her supplies.

A few minutes later she stood back, admiring her work. With scarlet red lipstick, she was the spitting image of Eve. She was putting everything away and zipped the bag when the door to the ladies’ opened.

She froze. It was Jackie.

Her best friend took one look at her and burst into tears.

Leah immediately went to her, putting her good arm around her. ‘Oh Jackie,’ she said. ‘I’m so sorry.’

Jackie pulled away. ‘You’re sorry? God, ignore me, it’s just that with you looking so much like Leah…it’s really hard.’

‘Looking exactly like Leah, you mean?’

She nodded. ‘Although, I could always tell you apart. The way you dress, your make-up. You were both so different.’ Her best friend burst into tears again. ‘I miss her so much, Eve. I can’t even imagine how you’re coping. And the girls, too. Thank God you weren’t badly hurt. Imagine your poor girls if—’ She stopped.

Leah was glad for what she’d nearly said. Once again it reinforced she’d made the right decision.

‘I was lucky,’ Leah said. ‘Very lucky.’

‘I feel so bad for her. Everything was so messed up before she died. Grant. Then her shit of a boss. She felt like nothing was going right. She was suddenly thirty-five, single and in a job that had no future. She was really down when I last saw her.’

‘Perhaps it was better that way? Imagine if she and Grant had announced their engagement, and she’d got promoted to a different department at The Melbournian and then this happened. It would seem so unfair.’

‘It’s unfair, regardless,’ Jackie said. ‘He’s here you know.’

‘The shit of a boss? Yes, I saw him.’

‘Not him. Grant.’

Her heart raced. ‘He better bloody not be. He didn’t bring the pregnant girlfriend, did he?’

‘He’s with someone,’ Jackie said.

Anger seethed through Leah. ‘He does not get to come here and pretend he cares.’ She checked herself in the mirror one more time and gave Jackie another quick hug. ‘I know you were Leah’s friend, not mine, but I’d like to stay in touch. I think she’d want us to. Now, time to get rid of an unwanted guest. Leah would not want that cheating son of a bitch here.’

Jackie managed a weak grin.

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