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  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
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  18. OCTOBER
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  52. Acknowledgments
  53. More from Jessica Redland
  54. About the Author
  55. Also by Jessica Redland
  56. About Boldwood Books

Ten minutes after I’d opened up, Logan appeared downstairs and I braced myself for an, ‘I’m bored’ conversation, tensing at the thought of him traipsing up and down the stairs all day, moaning that there was nothing to do. Instead, he surprised me by asking if he could sort out the bear-making supplies because they ‘look a bit messy’.

As soon as Annie arrived, I went upstairs with Logan to see what he meant. Messy was an understatement. Trashed was more like it. I agreed to let him tidy up, not expecting miracles but figuring it would be impossible to make them any worse than they already were. He put his headphones in and cracked on with it. When he’d finished sorting them out, he took a break to play on his DS then tackled the workshop too. It warmed my heart to see him so structured and organised. I thought of the vegetable garden at home and the pride he took in caring for it. He’d obviously inherited those traits from Dad, but executed them in a more casual, less controlling way.

Logan took some before and after photos on his tablet to show Mum what he’d been doing all day. When he showed her them after dinner back at Bear’s Pad, she cried and hugged him. I don’t think Logan understood why she was so upset but I was pretty certain that the photos proved to her that she needed help.

‘Everything’s slipping,’ I said to Karen on FaceTime later that evening. ‘The workshop was in chaos, the paperwork for the shop was all over the place and I mean literally. I found two invoices in the cupboard under the toilet sink and another one behind the toaster. It looks like she’s ordered too many bears from one supplier and we’ve run out of bears from another so I’m going back in tomorrow to sort it out while the shop’s closed. I’m worried. She can’t do this on her own, no matter how much she wants to.’

‘Will you speak to her about it this weekend?’

‘No. I need to finish my conversation with Sam first, but then I’ll have to tackle it. And I don’t think it’s going to go down very well.’

21

Sam

The George and Dragon came into view on Monday evening. Tonight was the night. I had to tell her. If Jemma and I were going to be mates – and I hoped we were – the truth needed to come out. I could do this.