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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

Glancing behind her, she noticed a flicker of surprise cross his face. Robert didn’t take long to recover himself though. He rarely did. He was a man whose confidence bordered on intolerable arrogance. Diana often wondered whether he realised the young women he bedded wouldn’t look at him twice if he wasn’t flaunting his wallet.

‘If it’s not too much trouble,’ he said, an exasperated edge to his tone, indicating his disgruntlement at not having his tea served to him in bed. The bed he’d made for himself, and which, Diana had decided, it was high time he was left to lie in.

‘I had some things to do, so I thought I might as well come down,’ she said, turning to face Robert as he seated himself at the breakfast table.

Diana watched him glance around with a perturbed look on his face, as if wondering why there were no breakfast preparations underway. ‘Some old acquaintances to catch up with,’ she added cryptically.

That got his attention. Robert was looking at her now, puzzled. And well might he be.

‘What did you say to him?’ Diana asked him bluntly.

Robert looked confounded at that.

‘Jason,’ Diana clarified. ‘Karla thinks he’s about to leave her.’

Robert furrowed his brow. He did his best to look perturbed, but Diana noted the glint of satisfaction in his eyes.

‘She thinks it’s because of something that passed between you and him at the meeting you had. What did you say, Robert, that had such a devastating impact on him and Karla?’

Now he looked dismissive. ‘Not that again, Diana,’ he said, with a heavy sigh, and reached across the table for the newspaper. ‘I’ve told you, he—’

‘What did you say to him?’ Diana bellowed, causing his attention to snap back to her.

Taken aback, he eyed her warily for a moment and then shook his head in despair. ‘You really are determined to paint me as the villain in all of this, aren’t you, Diana? Did it not occur to you that “can do no wrong” Jason might have always intended to turn down the substantial amount of money I offered him?’

Diana laughed, disbelieving. ‘Why? Because he wanted his business to fail?’

‘Because he’s been looking for a way out of his marriage,’ Robert supplied, preposterously. ‘Because he has been for some while, but being the weak specimen he is, he was looking for a way to blame everyone else for his own failings!’ he finished, his voice going up several octaves. He stared angrily.