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Chapter 109: Called In
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The biker who broke fate Chapter 110: A Week
They fell into a rhythm by the second day.Breakfast late, eggs and toast in the small cottage kitchen with the window open and the sea air coming in. Then the beach, always the beach, Nora was not negotiable on this point. Afternoons back at the cottage, Nora napping longer than she had in months, something about the sea air and the walking knocking her out properly. Evenings quiet, dinner, the small garden at the back of the cottage, Nora in her pyjamas sitting on the step watching the sky go dark.No plans. No places to be. No school run, no work, no course books on the kitchen table.Just the week.Nora decided on day two that the sea was hers personally.She stood at the edge of it every morning like she was checking it was still there and satisfied that it was she waded in up to her knees regardless of the temperature which was not warm, this being the British coast in summer which meant unpredictable at best.Dominic went in with her every time.Maya watched from the dry part o
The biker who broke fate Chapter 109: Called In
The letter came home in Nora's bag on a Wednesday.Maya found it when she was unpacking the bag at the kitchen table, tucked under the spare rabbit and a drawing that appeared to be either a house or a dog, hard to tell.Small envelope with Nora's name on the front and underneath it in smaller letters, For the attention of a parent or guardian.Maya opened it.Read it.Read it again.Put it on the table.Dominic came in from work twenty minutes later and she handed it to him without saying anything.He read it standing in the kitchen still in his jacket.Dear Mr and Mrs, it started. We would appreciate it if you could come in at your earliest convenience to discuss an incident involving Nora that occurred on Tuesday. Nothing to be concerned about but we feel a conversation would be beneficial for all parties. Please call to arrange a suitable time.Dominic put the letter down. "What did she do," he said."Don't know," Maya said.They both looked at Nora who was sitting at the other en
The biker who broke fate Chapter 108: Spring
January came in cold and Nora started proper nursery school the first week back.Different to the childminder. A real setting, uniform and everything, small burgundy cardigan that Nora had strong opinions about the first morning."It itches," Nora said at the kitchen table."It doesn't itch," Maya said."It does," Nora said pulling at the collar."You've had it on for three minutes," Dominic said."Three itchy minutes," Nora said.Maya crouched down and straightened the cardigan and looked at Nora at eye level. "You're going to love it," she said. "New people, new things, painting every day.""Every day," Nora said."Every day," Maya said.Nora pulled at the collar one more time then stopped. "Okay," she said. Like she'd made a business decision.The nursery school was seven minutes walk away.Maya knew because she'd timed it. Three times. Different days, different paces. Seven minutes steady, five and a half if Nora wasn't stopping to look at things which she always was so seven minu
The biker who broke fate Chapter 107: Christmas
Maya's mother arrived on the twenty third with four bags and opinions about the tinsel."Too much," she said looking at the tree Nora had decorated with Dominic the weekend before."Nora did it," Maya said.Her mother looked at Nora.Nora looked back. "I like tinsel," she said."I can see that," her mother said."It's my tree," Nora said.Maya's mother looked at the tree again. Every branch had something on it. Tinsel and baubles and a star at the top that was slightly crooked and a string of lights that blinked at irregular intervals because Nora had found the setting and refused to change it."It's a good tree," her mother said.Nora nodded. Settled.Daniel and June came on Christmas Eve.June brought food same as always and Daniel came through the door and Nora said biscuits before he'd even got his coat off and he pulled a packet from his jacket pocket and handed them over and Nora took them with the satisfaction of someone whose expectations have been consistently met.Ray and Ma
The biker who broke fate Chapter 106: First Year
The decision about the job took the full two weeks.They talked about it most nights after Nora went down, going back and forth the way they went back and forth about things that mattered, not arguing exactly, just turning it over from every angle until they could see all of it clearly.The money was better. Significantly better. The kind of better that changed what was possible, what they could save, what Nora's future looked like practically.But two hours was two hours.Dominic would be gone before Nora woke up some mornings. Back after she went down some nights. That was the reality of it and they both knew it and sat with it honestly."How many days a week," Maya said one evening."Three on site," Dominic said. "Two from here potentially. They said they'd look at it.""Potentially," Maya said."Yeah," Dominic said. "Not a guarantee.""So three days a week you're gone before she's up," Maya said."Maybe," Dominic said."That's a lot of maybe," Maya said."I know," Dominic said.Sh
The biker who broke fate Chapter 105: Three
Nora woke up on her birthday knowing exactly what day it was.Maya heard her before six, moving around in her room, talking to her rabbit about something in the serious way she talked to it when things were important. Then small feet on the landing and the bedroom door opening and Nora standing there in her pyjamas looking at them."It's my birthday," she said."We know," Dominic said without opening his eyes."I'm three," Nora said."We know that too," Maya said."Can I have my presents," Nora said."After breakfast," Maya said.Nora considered this. "Can breakfast be now," she said.Dominic opened one eye. "It's not even six," he said."The sky's light," Nora said pointing at the curtain."The sky's barely light," Dominic said."Still light," Nora said.Maya sat up. "Come on then," she said.Dominic closed his eye again. "You're making a rod for your own back," he said."She's three," Maya said. "Come on Nora."Nora came and climbed up onto the bed and sat between them and looked at
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