Alexine
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Helen was the first to walk through the door and as she walked into the room she felt a hard slap across her left cheek, before she had time to raise her hand to touch her face another equally hard slap hit the left cheek sending her reeling. She just managed to grab the chair in the corner of the room and sit down before she fell down awkwardly on the floor.
Shock registered long before the pain brought tears to her eyes, but she just looked completely taken back by Mary’s actions. She had never seen Mary angry before, she had always been kind, loving affectionate, but never angry.
Alexis entered the room just as Mary issued Helen with the second slap. He too looked stunned and before he could compose himself a heavy copper pan flew across the room hitting him on the face and cutting his temple.
“Get out, Get out the pair of you, I never want to see you again.’ ‘You filthy lying deceitful pigs.’
Alexis ducked as the next missile came his way.
Helen was trembling and concerned in case she miscarried. She dare not move, as she was terrified in case Mary attacked her again.
Tears streamed down Mary’s face and it seemed contorted with rage. Alexis was the first to recover from being struck and took a step closer to Mary but she already had the next missile to hand, and so he took a step backwards, keeping his eye on the other copper pan.
‘Don’t think James is not going to hear about this because that is where I am heading to next, and he will not be spared any of the details mark my words.’ But by the time I have finished with you two you will hate the sight of one another and as far as I am concerned I do not have a sister, I could kill the pair of you the way I feel.’
‘Let me try and explain Mary, said Alexis although he did no know what he was going to explain.
‘ Explain what, exactly, that you have been having an affair with her that tramp sat cowering in a corner.’ ‘ Well go on then explain yourself, how long has it been going on?’
Helen wanted to deny everything but hardly dare open her mouth. As she tried to sit more comfortably and was about to speak Mary changed the direction or her aim with the copper pan and at the same time she picked up a heavy ornament from the mantelpiece with her other hand. Helen decided to stay silent.
Glaring at Helen Mary said,’ to think that while I have been looking after Aunt Emily you have been rolling about in bed with my husband, well I hope you enjoyed it because you will not be doing it again.’ Turning back to face Alexis she said, ‘Well, so how long has it been going on?’
Alexis was not sure how to answer this, Mary must have found out somehow, but how and when was she referring too. He was saved from answering when Mary got her second wind a
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Helen makes one tragic mistake in her life, and pays heavily for it. Disaster strikes and she finds life hard to cope with. She becomes very strict with her daughter Alexine and instils it into her that all actions have lasting and sometimes devastating consequences, so she tries to make sure she never makes a mistake.
Alexine is seventeen when Helen is killed in a bombing raid. As she sorts through her mother’s belongings she finds a tin containing her mother’s secrets. She discovers that she has an older brother and who her father was and how he died and why her mother had black moods for days on end neglecting her in the process. One time in anger Helen had struck Alexine hard across the face when she thought she had lied to her, and demanded to know everything she said and did each day and was punished severely if she omitted anything.
Alexine meets Simon days before she goes to
Eventually they come together but their love is tested to the extreme when after the war when Simon returns home and tells Alexine he will stay with her and their children but changes his mind to stay with his wife who unbeknown to Alexine is dying. They come together again but when Alexine is attacked she let’s him have his freedom thinking he no longer wants her. Will love bring them together or is that asking too much?
About the Author
Andrea is the youngest of three children born in the dockland of Kingston upon Hull a few years after World War 2. Brought up in a one-parent family, unusual for those days she learned to cope with the harshness of life. Since leaving school at fifteen Andrea enjoyed working in shops, offices where she was trained as a telephonist and later became a care assistant. She has three children, Michael, Jennifer, and Debra. Later in life Andrea did several training courses such suicide bereavement, teachers aid and several others mainly to do with working in the community. Andrea also trained as a Local Preacher for her Church. Her claims to fame are being on ‘Westminster Today’ with colleagues on a ‘bereavement training course’ then on the front page of the ‘Hull Daily Mail’ when helping a children’s charity. She was also on channel 4 news on the subject of a church service she had taken regarding the Tsunami. For sixteen years she worked as a volunteer in the community where she lives taking on various roles such as committee member, running projects, school governor, running the school library and organising activities and events. At present she is compiling a directory of voluntary groups throughout the city of Hull. Andrea is a great supporter of Arsenal Football Team. She enjoys visiting the North Yorkshire Moors and Whitby whenever possible. Andrea is a great lover of animals especially cats. At the moment she has a chinchilla, two cats, a budgie, a hamster plus several stray cats camping at the bottom of her garden. Her hobbies include reading, IT, writing, and recently developed a great interest in the history of Hull and Whitby. Her main ambition is to meet Phil Everly one of the Everly brother’s duo.