Three Stories of Trish

By Stephen Cardew

These three stories feature Trish, a 21st Century woman whose life hasn't quite panned out the way she thought it might. She develops ways of coping with this and with her husband of 15 years, Alex. Their lives take on an unexpected twist to which Trish reacts surprisingly.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stephen Cardew
• Release date: Jan 31, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386697763

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Three

Part One | Lucky | Thirteen

Lucky Thirteen

Part Two | April | Fool

April Fool

Part Three | The | Night | Walk

The Night Walk

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Three

Stories

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Stephen Cardew

Part One

Lucky

Thirteen

Lucky Thirteen

Trish looked at the cards on her dresser and stopped at the one from her sister Val. The card was printed with: ‘9 Today!’ in the top corner but Val had lovingly coloured a big ‘3’ in front of it. ‘39’...thirty-nine. On the way to the big one. Well on the way.

Noticing the time, she hurried upstairs and stood in front of the bathroom mirror, applying eye shadow, mascara and lippy. Her fingers were quick and efficient and the desired familiar look was soon achieved. She stood back and assessed her appearance. ‘Think I’ll pull’ she thought, even though the likelihood of that happening was somewhat remote at ‘Knitting Pretty’. Still, Gerry might come in..

That evening, after she’d cooked Alex his favourite – steak, chips, mushrooms and fried onions, she sat looking at him over the table.

Alex... she opened.

He always knew it meant trouble when she started a conversation with his name.

Yes, love, what?

Well, I was reading in ‘Red’ about this woman who’d been trying for a baby and couldn’t afford IVF and she’d read that it’s very important what the male eats.

"The male!" Alex queried.

Yes, The male. You. Trish’s voice was quite