Pleasure reading. "The casual vacancy" Part 2

The Sweetlove mansion was bought by Aubrey Fawley years ago. Initially Pagford was delighted that a man of such wealth and reputation takes up residence there, but then he sold the fields to Yarvil. This began a 60-year feud between pagford Parrish and Yarvil. 

Howard and Shirley hate Yarvil and all it represents, namely the poor and needy. With Barry's vacancy on the parish council, there is an opportunity for Pagford to purge the Fields once and for all.

Meanwhile, Mary Fairbrother breaks down into hysterics a few days after Barry's death. She is in fury. She is sick of hearing about Barry's vacant seat on the council and is resentful that he spent the last hours of their time together working on the article about the Fields and Krystal Weedon.

Kay Bawden, Gavin's girlfriend, who is also the Weedon's social worker, visits the house. The Weedon household is in the Fields. It is small and dirty, hardly a place to raise children. Terri Weedon is a heroine addict who is supposed to be clean in order to keep her son, Robbie. After the Weedon visit, Kay Bawden returns to the office. She suspects that the case has not been given the proper attention and sets up a case review.

Samantha and Miles go to Shirley and Howard's for dinner, Miles's parents. By the end of the dinner, they are discussing the casual vacancy on the council that has opened because of Barry Fairbrother's death. Samantha is drunk and disgusted by the joviality of the conversation that was initially masked as concern.

Kay goes to visit the Weedon household again. Krystal has come home and has done her best to clean the house up and she's taken Robbie to preschool. Kay agrees to helpTerri get one more chance at Bellchapel Addiction Clinic.

Ruth Price and Shirely have lunch at the hospital. Ruth confesses to Shirley that her husband Simon, is considering running for Parish Council. Then Simon Price buys a stolen computer. His family awaits anxiously as he works himself into a rage putting it together. Andrew resents his father deeply and is embarrassed by his father's lack of social activity.