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Chapters (48)
  1. Cover
  2. THEFEUD
  3. Dedication
  4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  5. PROLOGUE
  6. ONE
  7. TWO
  8. THREE
  9. FOUR
  10. FIVE
  11. SIX
  12. SEVEN
  13. EIGHT
  14. NINE
  15. TEN
  16. ELEVEN
  17. TWELVE
  18. THIRTEEN
  19. FOURTEEN
  20. FIFTEEN
  21. SIXTEEN
  22. SEVENTEEN
  23. EIGHTEEN
  24. NINETEEN
  25. TWENTY
  26. TWENTY-ONE
  27. TWENTY-TWO
  28. TWENTY-THREE
  29. TWENTY-FOUR
  30. TWENTY-FIVE
  31. TWENTY-SIX
  32. TWENTY-SEVEN
  33. TWENTY-EIGHT
  34. TWENTY-NINE
  35. THIRTY
  36. THIRTY-ONE
  37. THIRTY-TWO
  38. THIRTY-THREE
  39. THIRTY-FOUR
  40. THIRTY-FIVE
  41. THIRTY-SIX
  42. THIRTY-SEVEN
  43. THIRTY-EIGHT
  44. THIRTY-NINE
  45. FORTY
  46. FORTY-ONE
  47. FORTY-TWO
  48. FORTY-THREE

Eddie knelt down in front of her and tried to take her hands in his, but Jessica quickly snatched hers away.

‘Jess, I’m so sorry for what happened. I was bang out of order and I promise you faithfully that nothing like that will ever happen again. Please, Jess, look at me. You and the twins mean the world to me, just give me another chance, let me make it up to you.’

Aware that Ed was crying, Jessica averted her eyes. If she looked at him she’d melt and she was desperate not to thaw that easily. ‘What you did to Lee the other night was bad enough, but what you did to your own son was despicable, Eddie. How am I ever meant to trust you again? How can I live with a man who I’m frightened to leave alone with his own children?’

‘Don’t say that, please don’t say that. You make me sound like a monster, Jess. I love my kids, you know I do. I made a mistake, one stupid mistake, that’s all. Just give me another chance. I’ll do anything you say, anything,’ Eddie begged.

Jessica shook her head. ‘It’s not that easy, Eddie. I thought Joey was dead, I really did. How do you think that made me feel?’

‘I’m sorry babe, I really am. Let’s go home, we can talk indoors,’ Eddie pleaded.

Jessica stood up and opened the bedroom door. ‘I want you to leave now, Eddie. I need to think things through, decide what I want to do. I need you to bring some clothes here for me and the kids. Bring their school bags as well and Milky the Cow and some other toys.’

Shell-shocked, Eddie stood up. ‘How much stuff shall I bring? Do you think you’ll be back home by next weekend?’

Jessica kept her cool. She was damned if she was going to make this easy for him.

‘Who says I’m coming home at all? I’ve got a massive bump on my head and my son nearly died. The way that I feel at this moment, Eddie, I never want to see you or that bloody house ever again.’

FIFTEEN

Many visits, phone calls and apologies later, Jessica agreed to go out alone for a meal with Eddie to discuss their future.

Her mother had done her head in and just wouldn’t let sleeping dogs lie. ‘You can’t keep messing your husband around, Jess. Two mistakes he’s made and even though they were big mistakes, you can’t keep punishing the man forever. There’ll be women out there who will be waiting in the wings as we speak. I’d make things right with him, if I was you, before it’s too late and some little dolly bird gets her claws into him.’