by Val Wood
‘What are you doing?’ Billy, coming back in, stroked her long dark hair, running his fingers through it. He had undressed and put on a maroon dressing robe.
She looked up at him through the mirror on the wall above her and smiled. ‘I’ve just finished writing about the end of one life.’ She glanced down at the words she had written. I have married Billy, the butcher boy, who has always loved me.
She turned towards him and put her hands out to him. He drew her up and kissed her tenderly. ‘Tomorrow’, she whispered, ‘I will write ’beginning of another.’
THE END
About the Author
Valerie Wood was born in Yorkshire, where she still lives. Her first novel, The Hungry Tide, was the first winner of the Catherine Cookson Prize for Fiction
For more information on Val Wood and her books, see her website at www.valeriewood.co.uk
Also by Val Wood
THE HUNGRY TIDE
ANNIE
CHILDREN OF THE TIDE
THE ROMANY GIRL
EMILY
GOING HOME
ROSA’S ISLAND
THE DOORSTEP GIRLS
FAR FROM HOME
THE KITCHEN MAID
THE SONGBIRD
NOBODY’S CHILD
FALLEN ANGELS
THE LONG WALK HOME
RICH GIRL, POOR GIRL
HOMECOMING GIRLS
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THE KITCHEN MAID
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