A Vulnerable Woman
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Peggy Rose is a woman of low self esteem, and in this knowledge her so-called friends set her up, arrange a meeting with a man who is looking for a wife in name only. Peggy Rose is the perfect choice. A loveless marriage, stepmother to an undisciplined ten-year-old, isn't something she would have agreed to if she had known. However, when she
Violetta Antcliff
Violetta Antcliff has been a member of the Nottingham Writers' Club for over twenty years. A winner of numerous short story competitions, her work was area short listed in Waterstone's Wow Factor story competition. Took first prize in Nottingham County Council short story competition with a story called "Irish Mouse Tales," which was published by Gypsy Shadow Publishing as an eBook in July of 2012. She has had her poetry and short stories read on local radio. Violetta is a prolific writer of short fiction, having written and published more than 40 short stories with Gypsy Shadow.
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A Vulnerable Woman - Violetta Antcliff
Contents
Copyright Page
Chapter 1
Chapter 3
Chapter 5
Chapter 7
About the Author
A Vulnerable Woman
by
Violetta Antcliff
All rights reserved
Copyright © June 13, 2016, Violetta Antcliff
Cover Art Copyright © 2016, Charlotte Holley
Gypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC.
Lockhart, TX
www.gypsyshadow.com
Names, characters and incidents depicted in this book are products of the author’s imagination, or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of the author or the publisher.
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ISBN: 978-1-61950-379-3
Published in the United States of America
First eBook Edition: July 16, 2016
Chapter 1
Stood in front of the bathroom mirror, Peggy took stock of herself. She hadn’t been blessed with good looks, but she wasn’t one to complain; she made the best with what nature had given her.
Hair, still wet from the shower—thick, glossy and the colour of ripe corn—she considered it one of her best assets. A generous mouth—dimpled at the corners when she smiled, blue eyes and a firm chin.
Taking a bathrobe down from a hook on the back of the door, she wrapped it round her ample figure and sighed. She didn’t bother to stand on the bathroom scales because she knew what they would show… the latest diet hadn’t worked; she hadn’t lost any weight.
Tonight she was going on a blind date and she wanted to look her best. Janet, a girl she’d known since school days, had begged her to make up a foursome; she’d objected at first, tried to get out of it, but her friend had been persuasive, and she’d finally given in.
It was five minutes past eight when she pushed through the doors of Yates Wine Lodge in Nottingham City centre. Her friend was standing in the crush at the bar, she beckoned Peggy to come and join her.
You’re late,
she complained, frowning. I said meet me outside; eight prompt. What’s your excuse?
Peggy glanced at her wristwatch. I was five minutes late, that’s all, why the sour face?
You’d have a sour face if you were left to buy your own drink,
she huffed. Tom said he’d left his wallet in his other jacket and his pal hasn’t turned up. I’m not a happy bunny.
So what you’re telling me is, I won’t be needed to make up a foursome?
Peggy felt a flood of relief, she hadn’t wanted to go on a blind date. Now she could go home with a clear conscience.
You can stay if you don’t mind playing gooseberry.
Thanks for the offer, but if you don’t mind I’d sooner go home, watch a bit of telly.
It’s up to you, but before you shoot off, help me carry these drinks. And while you’re at it, would you mind paying the barman? I’ve only got a twenty and I don’t want to change it.
Peggy took a tenner out of her purse, handed it to the barman and told him to keep the change.
"I can see