Deserted

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She lay luxuriating on the soft cushions, her beautiful brown eyes closed, but she wasn’t asleep. No, she was listening intently for the sound of the car tyres. The hours dragged by.
Where is he? Has he left me forever? Lucy tried not to worry, after all he’d left before and he always came back, he obviously couldn’t live without her. There’s his key in the door!
“Lucy! Off that sofa! Bloody dog hairs!”