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Chapters (46)
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Chapter One
  5. Chapter Two
  6. Chapter Three
  7. Chapter Four
  8. Chapter Five
  9. Chapter Six
  10. Chapter Seven
  11. Chapter Eight
  12. Chapter Nine
  13. Chapter Ten
  14. Chapter Eleven
  15. Chapter Twelve
  16. Chapter Thirteen
  17. Chapter Fourteen
  18. Chapter Fifteen
  19. Chapter Sixteen
  20. Chapter Seventeen
  21. Chapter Eighteen
  22. Chapter Nineteen
  23. Chapter Twenty
  24. Chapter Twenty-One
  25. Chapter Twenty-Two
  26. Chapter Twenty-Three
  27. Chapter Twenty-Four
  28. Chapter Twenty-Five
  29. Chapter Twenty-Six
  30. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  31. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  32. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  33. Chapter Thirty
  34. Chapter Thirty-One
  35. Chapter Thirty-Two
  36. Acknowledgments
  37. Read on for an extract from the brand new book from Lucy Diamond
  38. Prologue
  39. Chapter One
  40. Q&A with Lucy Diamond
  41. On a Beautiful Day
  42. The House of New Beginnings
  43. Praise
  44. About the Author
  45. By the Same Author
  46. Copyright

He swallowed. ‘Are you sure you’ll be all right on your own?’ he asked in a low voice, as the check-in guy sent Jeanie’s case trundling off on the conveyor belt.

Jeanie scoffed. ‘Will I be all right on my own? he says. Well, let’s hope so, eh. Seeing as I might have to get used to that.’ Turning angrily away from him, she fixed her attention back on the dazed-looking man behind the counter, lavishing him with her most dazzling smile. ‘You’ve been very helpful, love. Thank you.’

‘You’re welcome. Enjoy your flight,’ said the man, with a final anguished eye-flick over towards Harry.

‘I’m sure I will,’ said Jeanie and then off she went without a backward glance, hearing the barnstorming finale of the 1812 Overture start up in her head, cannons and all, as she marched towards the Departures sign.

Harry meanwhile stood there dumbfounded, watching her go, until the people who were waiting to check in next began making polite Excuse Me noises behind him and he had to step aside. The wheels of his case squeaked plaintively as he trudged in the opposite direction to his wife. Then he stopped outside the WH Smith as a thought occurred to him, and he reached inside his jacket for his phone.

‘Stephen? You haven’t left yet, have you?’ he asked when his son answered. The airport seemed to seethe around him, a mass of busy, laughing people pushing trolleys and talking excitedly, while he stood there in the centre of them: a hunched, forlorn figure with his suitcase and nowhere to go. ‘Ahh. It’s just that there’s been a slight change of plan.’

Chapter Five

Chapter Five

The heat seemed to weigh down oppressively on Robyn as she hurried along the pavement towards Sam and Daisy’s primary school on Monday afternoon. Well, that had been a rubbish day at work yet again, she thought crossly, checking her watch and hoping she wasn’t going to be late. She was supposed to finish at two o’clock, which in theory gave her plenty of time to drive home and have a cup of tea before walking up to meet the children, but as usual she’d been waylaid by extra tasks.