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“On schedule,” she replied. “Sorry, Tansy, did you say you’d been before?”
Tansy shrugged and Iestyn was glad that Johnny was out of earshot.
“Actually, no, I haven’t been to Cefn Mawr show…” Iestyn and Menna swapped confused glances, then looked back to Tansy, trying not to look too interested. “…although I did go to Pwll Du show once, but to be honest I’d rather not think about what happened there – put me off shows for life…”
“Had a dodgy burger or something, did you?” said Isla, concerned. “Tomos did once there, wrote him off for days.”
“Something like that,” mumbled Tansy, and she pulled Gwennie towards her. “Come on, Gwennie, shall we go for a little walk? Take all these plates back in?”
She stood up and walked away with a tray in one hand laden with cups and dishes and leant over to hold Gwennie’s little hand with her other.
Iestyn looked over at Menna, her mouth open wide in disbelief. Something came over him and he started to giggle. He thought back to the night of the Cefn Mawr show and imagined the Viking with Johnny: perhaps in hindsight she hadn’t been as tall as Tansy. Maybe her cheeks had been a little ruddier and her eyes less startlingly blue? He looked up at Johnny on the scaffold, a hammer and chisel in his hands, bandana on his head, tanned and fit in the sunshine and singing along to whatever shite was on the radio at that moment. He couldn’t tell him – ever. Brechdan loved his daughter, he loved his new fiance. He was a changed man, relishing family life.
Iestyn looked over at Menna and put a finger gently to his lips and gave a slight shake to his head. Menna nodded back and winked at him, his giggles now infectious. “Right,” he said, “pass us one of those scones and then we’d best get back to work…”
THE END!
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