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Chapters (60)
  1. Cover
  2. Books by Sheryl Browne
  3. Dedication
  4. KARLA
  5. One
  6. Two
  7. Three
  8. Four
  9. Five
  10. Six
  11. Seven
  12. Eight
  13. Nine
  14. Ten
  15. Eleven
  16. Twelve
  17. Thirteen
  18. Fourteen
  19. Fifteen
  20. Sixteen
  21. Seventeen
  22. Eighteen
  23. Nineteen
  24. Twenty
  25. Twenty-One
  26. Twenty-Two
  27. Twenty-Three
  28. Twenty-Four
  29. Twenty-Five
  30. Twenty-Six
  31. Twenty-Seven
  32. Twenty-Eight
  33. Twenty-Nine
  34. Thirty
  35. Thirty-One
  36. Thirty-Two
  37. Thirty-Three
  38. Thirty-Four
  39. Thirty-Five
  40. Thirty-Six
  41. Thirty-Seven
  42. Thirty-Eight
  43. Thirty-Nine
  44. Forty
  45. Forty-One
  46. Forty-Two
  47. Forty-Three
  48. Forty-Four
  49. Forty-Five
  50. Forty-Six
  51. Forty-Seven
  52. Forty-Eight
  53. Epilogue
  54. The Affair
  55. Hear more from Sheryl
  56. Books by Sheryl Browne
  57. A Letter from Sheryl
  58. The Babysitter
  59. The Second Wife
  60. Acknowledgements

Abbie nodded, and then took a breath and continued, ‘I’m not sure what he told him, but whatever it was, it knocked Jason sick. I mean, physically. He looked as if someone had punched him when he came out of Robert’s office. He was obviously in a terrible state of shock. It was seeing that, seeing what he could do to his own son-in-law, that made me decide I should do something about him.’

Diana’s heart froze. The bastard.

Thirty-One

JASON

Coming in through the front door, Jason sighed despondently. The house was empty – cold and uninviting. Karla wasn’t here. He’d known she wouldn’t be, but he’d had no idea what to tell Diana when she’d rung him at the office. She’d obviously been worried, thinking her daughter was ill and not able to get hold of her. But telling her that she wasn’t, that she was out – drinking, clubbing, staying out all night sometimes – and that he was worried too, about her state of mind… How was he supposed to tell her mother that? From their earlier conversation, he guessed Diana didn’t have any idea about what her delightful husband had disclosed to him. As much as he would like her to see the man for what he was – someone who had no shred of humanity – he couldn’t share the information. If Karla found out it would crucify her.

There was no way, therefore, to tell Diana why he’d refused the money Robert had so generously offered him – not for his company, but to disappear, preferably off the face of the earth. Robert Fenton hated his guts. At least Jason now knew why. Did he really still think he could buy him off – as if any amount of money could compensate for what he’d done? He wouldn’t take a penny from him if his life depended on it, never mind his business, but he would gladly disappear. If it wasn’t for his children, for the fact that he desperately didn’t want to leave Karla like this, he would put as much distance between himself and that man as he could.

Ushering Holly and Josh into the hall, he focussed his attention on them. They needed him to hold it together, though Jason wondered how he could. If not for Jessie lifting him from his bleak moods, he wasn’t sure he would be coping.

‘Go get your PJs on, kids. I’ll make us some hot chocolate,’ he said, steering them towards the stairs. They were exhausted. Their routine was all over the place. So was their diet. Jason was going to have to do better than fast food if he wanted to feed them a balanced diet, as Karla always had.