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Chapters (68)
  1. Cover
  2. PRAISE FOR Her Last Holiday
  3. PRAISE FOR C.L. TAYLOR
  4. See what readers are saying about Her Last Holiday …
  5. See what bloggers are saying about C.L. TAYLOR …
  6. Dedication
  7. Chapter 1
  8. Chapter 2
  9. Chapter 3
  10. Chapter 4
  11. Chapter 5
  12. Chapter 6
  13. Chapter 7
  14. Chapter 8
  15. Chapter 9
  16. Chapter 10
  17. Chapter 11
  18. Chapter 12
  19. Chapter 13
  20. Chapter 14
  21. Chapter 15
  22. Chapter 16
  23. Chapter 17
  24. Chapter 18
  25. Chapter 19
  26. Chapter 20
  27. Chapter 21
  28. Chapter 22
  29. Chapter 23
  30. Chapter 24
  31. Chapter 25
  32. Chapter 26
  33. Chapter 27
  34. Chapter 28
  35. Chapter 29
  36. Chapter 30
  37. Chapter 31
  38. Chapter 32
  39. Chapter 33
  40. Chapter 34
  41. Chapter 35
  42. Chapter 36
  43. Chapter 37
  44. Chapter 38
  45. Chapter 39
  46. Chapter 40
  47. Chapter 41
  48. Chapter 42
  49. Chapter 43
  50. Chapter 44
  51. Chapter 45
  52. Chapter 46
  53. Chapter 47
  54. Chapter 48
  55. Chapter 49
  56. Chapter 50
  57. Chapter 51
  58. Chapter 52
  59. Chapter 53
  60. Chapter 54
  61. Chapter 55
  62. Chapter 56
  63. Acknowledgements
  64. Her Last Holiday Book Club Questions
  65. Keep Reading …
  66. About the Author
  67. By the same author:
  68. About the Publisher

Of course it does. Every conversation Jenna overheard before the sweat lodge ceremony was about the new names people were going to give themselves and the majority were either mythical or some kind of synonym for birth, positivity or starting again. But there’s something unnerving about the way Erica is looking at her. There’s a nervous energy radiating off her that makes Jenna feel uncomfortable. ‘What is it?’ she asks her. ‘What’s happened?’

‘Why do you insist on hurting people?’

‘Sorry?’

Erica’s eyes thin. ‘Why can’t you leave Tom alone?’

‘I don’t …’ Jenna shakes her head lightly. ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.’

But she does, and she feels sick, even as the words leave her mouth. Erica’s found out what’s going on between her and Tom. She must have overheard the conversation Jenna had with Damian behind the marquee. How many people has she told? Does everyone know?

Erica takes a step closer. ‘You’ve really hurt me, Jenna. You’re not the friend I thought you were. I was so quiet yesterday and you didn’t once ask how I was.’

Jenna thinks back to the day before. She slept through breakfast, read for a few hours in the hotel lounge, grabbed some lunch and then went back to their chalet to grab her things for the spa. Erica was sitting on her bed looking at her phone; they exchanged pleasantries and then Jenna headed out again. That’s when she ran into Tom and they had a brief chat. She used the spa for an hour or so and then went back to the chalet. Erica was still on her bed, lying on her side, facing away. Jenna had assumed she was asleep and left her alone.

‘I’m sorry,’ she says. ‘This is about dinner isn’t it? I didn’t wake you up but I—’ Erica holds up a hand, shushing her.

‘I heard you, you and Tom, planning your escape.’

‘Erica—’

‘When you didn’t invite me to the spa I thought I’d go anyway. I was standing in the porch and I overheard your whole conversation.’ She stares at Jenna, her eyes dark and haunted beneath the hood of the dressing gown. ‘That’s why I was so upset this morning, Jenna. Because I stayed awake all night, unable to sleep while you didn’t stir once. You have no conscience, no moral compass and—’

‘Woah! Enough.’ Jenna raises both hands. Erica’s reaction is completely over the top. She’s acting as though she’s Tom’s wife, not Kate. Has she got a crush on him? Is that what it’s about? ‘Stop. Just stop. I’m sorry you overheard that conversation and that it upset you but things have—’

‘I tried to warn you.’

She narrows her eyes. ‘About what?’

‘In fact, I gave you multiple warnings.’