Old and New FLAMES

There was more to being nice than being reliable, dependable or downright boring…

To this day, Karen’s mum Paula still asked her, ‘Why couldn’t you and that nice Joe Lee make a go of it? You made such a nice couple.’ ‘Nice’ was both Paula’s one-size-fits-all approval rating and her opt-out clause when she wasn’t listening. Sometimes, Paula worried that her daughter was still single ‘all these years later’. This Christmas was a case in point. Karen had come home for a quiet and cosy retreat, only to be reminded the Lees were having a ‘do’ next door, the night before Christmas Eve. ‘What sort of do?’ she asked suspiciously. Paula plucked a stiff white card off the tinsel-decked mantelpiece. ‘A festive barbecue.’ ‘Good grief,’ grizzled Karen. ‘What’s that when it’s at home?’ ‘I asked Monica that myself. Apparently, it’ll be breaded turkey…

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