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grin on her face.
“I’m in a play. It’s a murder mystery, written
by Felicity Meadows. She’s an old friend of my mother’s and I agreed to do it months ago, for charity.”
“Oh, yes.” Ava nodded. “They do something every year – pantomime usually.”
“Well this year Felicity is trying to ‘elevate’ it. Get reviews and coverage, bigger audience.” Martha rolled her eyes. “So, in a weak moment, I said I would take part – I think there are other actors too. Proper ones. It’s just that the weather’s much worse than it was at home and then, when I came over the hill, I lost control and you saw what happened...” She turned and smiled at them all. “Thank you for getting me out of my car – if you hadn’t been here, I’d have been trapped.”
“S’nothing,” said Ava.
“You were lucky we were here,” said Josh.
“But are you OK?” asked Chloe. “You haven’t
hurt yourself?”
“I’m fine, thank you,” said Martha, shaking off
a shiver.
“Course she’s OK – look at her,” grumbled Josh.
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