Love and Filo Pastry and other tales

By Roy Whitlow

Here we have five short tales of love: love found, love lost, love of place, love realized and love of a son. Love can be surprising and unexpected as Bonny Woodward discovers when she is mistaken for a shop assistant and eventually finds more than filo pastry in a supermarket. Across the sparks and crackle of a bonfire Clare sees a face she thought she had left behind her. Alex Steadman is both enchanted and disturbed by her new home and then a chance meeting with a tabby cat helps her to settle in. Joanna Grantley suddenly sees her husband in a new light and is pleased. Alex Steadman mourns the loss of her beloved son and is falling into a deep slough of despond, and then a surprising visitor calls.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Roy Whitlow
• Release date: Feb 3, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301964260

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Love and Filo Pastry

and other tales

Five stories by

Roy Whitlow

Published by:

R.Whitlow, Bristol, UK

Smashwords Edition

Copyright: © 2013 Roy Whitlow, Bristol, UK

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This is a work of fiction. All the names, characters, brands, media, and incidents are products of the Author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Some places referred to may exist, but any incidents related to them are fictitious.

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Table of Contents

Love and Filo Pastry

A Guy from the Past

The Tabby Exorcist

Observed Fidelity

Ben’s Friend

Love and Filo Pastry

Bonny Woodward walked slowly along the same aisle again. Worcestershire sauce must be here – I mean, there was ‘O.K.’ and ‘H.P.’ Ah, there! How could she have missed it? She took a step away from her wire trolley to take a bottle from the top shelf.

‘Excuse me, Miss. I’m looking for Filo pastry.’

A pleasant male voice, with a faint northern accent, seemed to be addressing her. Bonny turned her head. Just behind her was a man of maybe thirty, pushing the usual wire shopping trolley. He had dark hair and brown eyes, a very small vestige of a beard. He looked at her expectantly. She took a step back to her trolley, clutching the bottle of sauce.

‘Were you addressing me?’

‘Yes. Can you tell me where I can find Filo pastry? I’ve looked where the flour is but …’

He was holding up a piece of paper – a shopping list. He did look a bit lost. But why ask me, she thought. And then it struck her – she was wearing a purple fleece jacket very similar to those provided by the supermarket for their assistants.

She smiled at the man. ‘Well, I don’t actually work here, but it should be in a chill cabinet,