Booked for Murder & Hostage to Murder by Val McDermid
Author:Val McDermid [McDermid, Val]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780802165541
Publisher: Grove Atlantic
Published: 2018-03-15T00:00:00+00:00
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Lindsay squirmed around in bed, trying to get comfortable. The weight of the duvet made her ankle ache, distracting her from the Denise Mina novel she was trying to read. âCan you bring me a couple of ibuprofen when you come through?â she called to Sophie, who seemed to be taking forever in the bathroom.
When she finally emerged and slipped into bed beside Lindsay, Sophie seemed unusually quiet. Lindsay swallowed the pills and put her book down. âIs something bothering you?â she said. âYouâve hardly said a word since dinner. Are you having second thoughts about me working with Rory?â
Sophie looked surprised. âNo, not at all. Why should I?â
âNo reason. But I couldnât think why else youâd gone so quiet.â
Sophie sighed. âThereâs something we need to talk about. I was going to bring it up earlier, but we were talking about your future and it just didnât seem like the right moment.â
Lindsay eased herself on to her side and put an arm round Sophieâs waist. âThat sounds ominous. Iâll never sleep now, you know. Youâd better tell me whatâs on your mind.â
Sophie lay back and stared at the ceiling, one hand on Lindsayâs encircling arm. âItâs the baby thing.â
Lindsay felt a pit opening in her stomach. Sophieâs desire for a child had been an intermittent bone of contention between them for the past couple of years. Whenever Sophie had tried to discuss it, Lindsay had either stonewalled or blanked it. She might not have much of a life plan, but she knew for certain that parenthood wasnât part of it. So sheâd worked on the principle that, if she ignored it, Sophie would eventually get the message and it would all go away. And inevitably, the attrition of time would render it academic. But since theyâd come back to Scotland the subject had surfaced more regularly. Every few days, Sophie had raised the topic and Lindsay had tried to sidestep it. âYou know how I feel about that,â she said.
âYes. I know how you feel about that. But I donât think you have the faintest idea how I feel about it. Lindsay, itâs all I think about,â Sophie said, anguish unmistakable in her voice. âEverywhere I go, all I seem to see are pregnant women and women pushing babies in prams. Iâm so envious it makes me feel violent. I canât even get away from it at work, because itâs what I deal with all day, every day.â Sophie blinked hard, and Lindsay couldnât avoid seeing the sparkle of tears in her eyes. âLindsay, Iâm desperate. Iâm nearly forty. Timeâs running out for me. Already, the chances are that Iâm not going to be able to conceive without some sort of clinical intervention. And there isnât a fertility clinic in the whole of Scotland that will treat lesbian couples. Not even privately. If Iâm going to have any possibility of a baby, I need to start doing something about it now.â
âLook, youâre broody, thatâs all. Itâll pass. It always has before,â Lindsay said wretchedly.
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