Caged, A Midlife Crisis
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Mum entered the room and we both hugged each other, tears once again mingling between our tightly packed cheeks. She edged away and asked PC Morris why I was being charged for such a petty crime. The constable shrugged his shoulders. ‘It’s the law,’ he said not really convinced I’d committed a crime. Then mum asked why I wasn’t just getting a warning like all the other petty criminals getting off with all sorts of nonsense. She knew at least two other people who’d got away with murder not far from here; well it wasn’t quite murder, it was just a saying used by mum. They’d nicked a television from a van parked overnight near the village green. Being their first offence they got away with a caution Sophie Jones had told her. ‘Oh, cautions are only for young offenders, illegal immigrants, local councillors and Members of Parliament,’ he said with a serious face. He handed mum the details of the charges and she signed the bail application. Then she looked up at me. ‘Looks like we’ll be in court on the same day, darling,’ she muttered and then walked quickly out with the boys. I followed behind shaking my head as I went.
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Tessa Sanders is a modern-day Calamity Jane. After ten miserable years married to horrid Rupert, Tessa finally decides to leave him. Her exit is made possible following a chance meeting with Major Adam Parker-Hurst, the golf club captain. The major offers her and her five-year-old twin sons, Sam and Freddy, a place to stay at his magnificent country house, Manorbier Estate. Thinking that marriage is eventually on the cards, Tess is miffed to find out that she’s not the only lodger at the house. Simon, a corporal in the local Territorial Army is also a guest, or so it seems; the relationship between the senior officer and his subordinate appears to be a bit too friendly for her liking! To make matters worse, Rupert becomes more of a burden now she’s left him than he ever was when they were together! Put into the pot, her dithery mother and Tess is slowly being torn apart with everything that’s going on! And all this is performed in front of the boys who provided such an innocent background to the entire saga it makes her cry! But when she’d finally managed to get herself on an even keel, even the rivers of tears she’d shed over the boys didn’t compare to what happened in the end. It was the saddest part of her entire life; it was tragic. The reader is taken on a hilarious and very witty roller-coaster ride that exudes a calamity of heartache, agonising sorrow, stupidity, naivety, sleaze, chance, and unbelievable romance; the incredible journey seasoned with large servings of humiliation and disappointment along the way.
About the Author
Born in 1959, in Port Talbot, Wales, Peter Nutty is married to Claire; they have three daughters—Amy, Kate, and Chloe—and have spent most of their married life living in the Middle East. Pete and Claire plan to retire back to their home in Pembrokeshire to spend more time with their children and Pete’s son Craig and two grandchildren, Callum and Oliver. Peter Nutty is also author of The Last Hangman.