“I’ve brought a friend from work, Mum, hope that’s OK?” he said, walking forward and kissing her on the cheek.
I stepped forward and held out my hand. “Eleanor Oliphant, pleased to meet you,” I said.
She took my hand, then clasped it in both of hers, much as Sammy had done.
“Lovely to see you, hen,” she said. “I’m always pleased to meet Raymond’s friends.
Sit down, won’t you? You’ll be needing a cup of tea, I’m sure. What do you take in it?”
She made to stand, and I noticed the wheeled walking frame by the side of the chair.
“Stay where you are, Mum, I’ll get it,” Raymond said. “Shall I make us all a nice cuppa?”
That’d be lovely, son,” she said. “There’s some biscuits too—Wagon Wheels—your favorites.
Raymond went off to the kitchen and I sat on the sofa to the right of his mother. “He’s a good boy, my Raymond,” she said proudly.
I was unsure how best to respond, and opted for a short nod. “So you work together,” she said.
“Do you fix computers too? My goodness, girls can do just about anything these days, can’t they?”
She was as neat and tidy as her house, her blouse fastened at the neck with a pearl brooch.
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