Chapters (60)
- Cover
- Books by Sheryl Browne
- Dedication
- KARLA
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-One
- Twenty-Two
- Twenty-Three
- Twenty-Four
- Twenty-Five
- Twenty-Six
- Twenty-Seven
- Twenty-Eight
- Twenty-Nine
- Thirty
- Thirty-One
- Thirty-Two
- Thirty-Three
- Thirty-Four
- Thirty-Five
- Thirty-Six
- Thirty-Seven
- Thirty-Eight
- Thirty-Nine
- Forty
- Forty-One
- Forty-Two
- Forty-Three
- Forty-Four
- Forty-Five
- Forty-Six
- Forty-Seven
- Forty-Eight
- Epilogue
- The Affair
- Hear more from Sheryl
- Books by Sheryl Browne
- A Letter from Sheryl
- The Babysitter
- The Second Wife
- Acknowledgements
She would speak to him, but not yet. She turned back to the fridge to pour herself a large glass of wine while she pondered. She didn’t believe that Jason had just decided one day that he’d had enough and started trawling these sites out of bitterness. If she knew Jason at all, he simply wasn’t made that way. There was more to this, Diana was sure of it. Jason wouldn’t just throw in the towel because Robert had refused him financial backing. He wouldn’t throw away his marriage, thereby giving Robert exactly what he’d always wanted. There was always the possibility he was no longer in love with Karla, but Diana’s instinct told her that wasn’t the case. Which left one other option: Jason must truly believe he had no other choice.
Diana fervently hope that wasn’t the case. Because if it was, then Robert had definitely gone too far. He’d stolen Sarah’s life. She couldn’t allow him to ruin Karla’s. Somehow, Diana had to find out what had gone on in Robert’s office. She had to find a way to prevent four people’s lives from being destroyed. If that meant bringing forward her plans, then so be it. It would have repercussions for her, but Diana had long lived with the knowledge that the actions she’d taken years ago might catch up with her. She was ready now to live with the consequences, painful though they would be.
Twenty-Seven
JASON
As he pulled up outside the house, Jason looked towards the windows and sighed heavily. He’d never thought there would come a day that he wouldn’t look forward to going home after work. Right now, though, with him and Karla only speaking to communicate about the kids over the last few days, he would rather be anywhere else. He had no choice, he reminded himself. His reason for being there was the kids. His reason for being at all.
Which was feeling sorry for himself, obviously. He pulled himself up. Karla was the real victim in all of this. She was changing, moving away from him, building her own life, she’d said, which basically meant she was going out at night, staying out. He needed to be here.