The door slid back and Euan gently propelled the woman into the room. Kat and Flynn looked up from their preparations in the kitchen. There was no greeting from Flynn and the woman looked younger than Keely imagined Maggie would be.

“Hello, everyone,” Euan said. “I’d like you to meet Dianna…a friend of mine from the east.”

Keely noticed the pause in Euan’s introduction. She glanced from him to the attractive woman beside him. Dressed in designer jeans and a black leather jacket nipped in at her waist, Dianna had a petite frame and the animal-print scarf at her neck highlighted her auburn hair. She looked smart and was regarding them all with interest.

Keely looked back to Euan. There was an air about the pair of them, a sparkle. Of course, he could put on the charm. He liked to act that way with women but there was something more to this.

“Dianna, this is my son Flynn.”

“Pleased to meet you, Flynn.” The newcomer stepped forward and reached out a well-manicured hand in a confident movement. She was a very attractive woman, younger than Euan, perhaps in her mid-fifties. “I’ve heard so much about you and this wonderful place. Now I know why your father doesn’t want to leave.”

Flynn shook her hand. He did it slowly, a puzzled expression flitting across his face before it was replaced with that steel he used to hide his feelings.

“Hello, Dianna.” He straightened up. “I can’t say that I’ve heard anything about you.”

“This is Flynn’s friend, Kat.” Euan moved on quickly. “And our South Aussie visitor, Keely.”

“Hello.” Keely smiled at Dianna across the room.

“Dianna has work in Augusta tomorrow so she’ll be staying the night,” Euan said.

There was silence for a moment then Keely’s mobile rang. She took it from her pocket, relieved to see the name on the screen.

“Hi, Marty,” she said.

With the silence broken, the others were all suddenly moving and talking at once behind her.

She moved away to the corner of the room.

“How about coming to the beach tomorrow?” Marty said. “I’ll be in Margaret River early so I could pick you up on the way back.”

Dianna and Kat chatted happily behind her. There were still things to do for the coming weekend but the place was getting crowded. Maybe some time away would be good.

“That sounds great.”

By the time they’d finished making arrangements, Flynn and Kat were working on meal prep together in the kitchen and Euan was pouring wine for everyone. Keely was the only one who noticed another well-dressed woman walk gracefully to the door and slide it open. Her long hair was swept up onto her head, her face was elegantly made up and, although it was plumper than Euan’s, there was no mistaking the family resemblance.