A Baby for Eve

‘I remember when the doctor’s surgery was that pokey little place in Morwenna Road,’ he observed.

‘Nick’s made big changes since he took over the practice,’ Eve replied. ‘And he’s making even more, as you can see,’ she added, pointing to the scaffolding at the back of the surgery. ‘In less than a week Lauren will have a state-of-the-art physiotherapy suite, and we’ll have an X-ray room, and even more consulting rooms.’

‘Well, he may have grown into a grumpy old so-and-so,’ Tom said, ‘but at least he wants the best for his patients.’

‘He does,’ Eve said, ‘but you haven’t told me anything about yourself, your work with Deltaron.’

‘Not much to tell,’ he said.

‘There’s bound to be,’ she said, but he wasn’t listening to her. He was already crossing the road, heading for the children’s play park and playing field. ‘Tom, where are you going?’

‘I fancy a swing,’ he shouted back, and though she shook her head she followed him.

‘Big kid,’ she said when she’d caught up with him.

‘You’d better believe it,’ he replied, then frowned slightly as he looked up at the new houses on the hill, then down at the older buildings clustered round the harbour. ‘It’s odd, but it seems so much smaller than I remembered it.’

‘Hicksville. That’s what you used to call Penhally,’ she said. ‘“There’s a whole world out there, Eve, and I want to see it, be a part of it.”’

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