My Uncle Edward (The Conclusion)

"My body clock was ticking.Was I ever going to be deflowered?"

When George and his wife Pamela were about to leave the estate he slipped a £20 note into my hand and smiled. I rather liked being paid for allowing certain things. You could say that it was a good arrangement...

My Uncle Edward Part 3

"I was on the verge of insanity. My obsession with the estate and my family of Tree's was worrying."

After many years of service  Edward's old jeep had finally given up the ghost. He'd had it for twenty-three years and went all over the estate in it. I was pleasantly surprised by his replacement mode of transport. A huge jet...

My Uncle Edward Part 2

"My Uncle Edward was much more to me than he really should have been."

When I was seventeen, I received notification that I had been accepted by Oxford University for a three-year degree course in Business Studies and Economics. This meant that I had less than one year left on Edward's estate. Edward had...

My Uncle Edward

"My Uncle Edward was much more to me than he really should have been."

My Uncle Edward made his fortune from the gold mines that he owned in South Africa. He was smart enough to sell out when the gold price was at its peak. He invested some of the proceeds into land in...

You cultivated me to perfectionbut the only sin was that you sought something with no true agency,for my own good, of course,it wasn't entirely your fault,to graze against the almost violentelectric thrill of pure youth.I understood this ache to be needed.I...