When they got to the house, Jacqui told Dave she didn’t think she was in a fit state to face her other daughters yet, so they sat in the car, until Jack pressed his face against the window and stared out at them. Once they’d been rumbled, they had to go in. ‘What was she like?’ everyone wanted to know. ‘Does she play cricket?’ asked Jack. Jacqui ruffled Jack’s hair. ‘I didn’t have a chance to ask, love.’ ‘Did she seem like one of us?’ Sophie asked. ‘She was very nice,’ said Jacqui. ‘They came in a Porsche,’ said Dave. ‘Bloody hell. Definitely not one of us, then,’ said Ronnie. ‘But she looked like you,’ Jacqui told Ronnie then. ‘Only thinner?’ ‘Not much. But she’s got the same eyes. And when she smiles, she looks a bit like Chelsea. And when she frowns, you can see a bit of Granddad Bill.’ ‘Poor woman,’ Chelsea laughed.
What do You think about A Proper Family Christmas?
