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Emilia grinned as she propped Elsie’s boot up on a stool. A moment later she began to unlace them as Anna followed them in.
‘They’re about five minutes away I think,’ she said. ‘Maybe less. Also, I hope you don’t mind, but I’ve put the kettle on.’
Elsie shook her head and then grimaced as Emilia gently turned her ankle and slid the boot away. ‘Can you put the other one up beside it for me?’
Side by side it was obvious, even to Elsie, that her ankle was comically swollen, but Emilia didn’t react at all.
‘Can you walk me through what happened?’ she glanced up.
‘I was ice skating with my husband and Alice - we were trying to teach her,’ she began.
‘I have so many questions already, but carry on,’ she laughed.
‘I was skating back toward her, when that lady’s husband crashed into me and knocked me down.’
‘How did you land?’
‘I think I twisted the ankle under me as the man fell on top.’
She nodded and smiled. ‘Rice.’
Elsie looked at her confused. ‘There’s… some in the kitchen?’
Anna laughed. ‘Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation.’
‘Oh,’ grinned Elsie. ‘I should know that.’
‘Your friend is right, sorry, in the all the rush I didn’t get your name,’ said Emilia turning to look back up.
‘I’m Anna.’
‘I’m Emilia, Alice’s sister.’
Elsie looked up for the first time in a few minutes and saw that Anna had taken off her coat, her scarf and her hat leaving her in a polo neck woollen sweater, a tight pair of jeans and an even tighter pair of fuck me boots.
She was hot.
For too long her breath caught in her throat as she stared. If Marlie hadn’t chosen the sudden lull in conversation to leap into the room shouting ‘BOO!’ at the top of her voice, it might have become an awkward moment.
‘I regret that Elsie and I barely know one another,’ said Anna, grabbing hold of her crazed daughter and restraining her as she struggled to get away. ‘So I assume Alice is the stupendously attractive woman who’s walking back with both of our husbands?’
‘That sounds like her,’ grinned Emilia as Marlie broke free and began to tear around the living room pretending to be a horse. ‘So how did you end up here?’
‘Guilt,’ she laughed.
‘Fair enough,’ Emilia turned back to Elsie. ‘I don’t think you’ve broken it. If I did, I’d happily take you down to A&E for an X-Ray but I’m ninety-nine percent sure they’d tell you it was a sprain and send you back home for some rest. My recommendation is that you sit tight for a few days, get some ice on it for twenty minutes at a time every two to three hours and don’t put any weight on it. I’ll bandage you up before I go - I’ve got a first aid kit in the car - and then just keep it elevated on a stool for as long as you’re comfortable. Got any good books?’
‘Plenty.’
‘Then you won’t get bored,’ she nodded sweetly and Elsie saw that Emilia had the same smile lines as her sister.
‘Thank you. I feel really silly now.’
The front door burst open a moment later and a blast of cold air flushed through the house and into the living room making Anna shiver.
‘I’ll go make the tea,’ she said as the other three piled into the corridor.
‘Daddy!’ shouted Amabella, tottering over towards her father with her arms outstretched. ‘Up, please.’
