The widow barton5/18/2023 ![]() ![]() She certainly doesn’t know about the images on his computer, until the police take it away, and Glen has an explanation for everything: identity theft, malware, credit card cloning, something he stumbled onto, an addiction, it’s her fault.īecause Jean has always longed for a baby she’s dreamt and scrapbooked her fantasy family for years. When Glen becomes distant and starts living his life on the internet, Jean carries on with the household chores, with little to no understanding of the chatrooms with which her husband quietly engages. So young, in fact, that her personality has been subsumed by his and all his actions become theirs. Jean, a former hairdresser, has been married to Glen, former banker, later a driver, since she was very young. And as she talks, somehow, she’s come in.”ġ% in, Chapter One, The Widow by Fiona BartonĪnd so, it all begins. Unspoken are the words: you are the story. “‘I know who you are, Mrs Taylor,’ she says. “‘I’m-‘ I start, suddenly realizing she hasn’t asked. ‘Kate Waters, a reporter from The Daily Post. ![]() Shall I come in? Have you got the kettle on?’ “When I open the door, she hands me a bottle of milk from the doorstep and says, ‘You don’t want to leave that out, it’ll go off. ![]()
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