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  1. THE MISSING WIFE
  2. PRAISE FOR SAM CARRINGTON
  3. Dedication
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  57. THE EPILOGUE
  58. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  59. Prologue
  60. Chapter One
  61. Chapter Two
  62. About the Author
  63. By the same author
  64. About the Publisher

Relief turned to anger as she spotted the figure emerging from Tiff’s gate.

Not Brian.

Oliver.

Tiff had openly said how ‘hot’ she’d thought Oliver was after meeting and chatting to him at the party. But she hadn’t expected her to do anything about it. Oliver was her ex. Oliver had a wife. A wife that was missing. What was Tiff thinking?

Her earlier thought of how Oliver’s presence had impacted on her family now extended to the impact it was going to have on her friendship. Tiff had been keen to get rid of her when she’d knocked on the patio door; her abruptness clearly pointed to something untoward going on. Louisa remained partially hidden by one of Tiff’s neighbour’s privet hedges and watched as Oliver walked up the road a bit and then climbed into his car. That’s why she hadn’t seen it; he’d parked past Tiff’s, further up the road. She ducked further into the driveway as Oliver’s car drove by.

She waited a minute, then walked back out into the road. Back towards Tiff’s house. She would have this out with her. There was no way she could ignore it.

As Louisa got within striking distance of Tiff’s, she heard a car engine roar, and before she could reach the gate, Tiff’s Audi sped out and passed Louisa in a blur of red. She wondered if Tiff had even registered it was her standing there.

27

THE LIE

Louisa took the longer route home to give her more thinking time, passing the Post Office and Co-op local, giving courteous ‘good morning’ greetings to the few villagers she saw, but moving on quickly so she didn’t get caught up in mundane conversation. She took a right at the new children’s play area – one of the many projects Tiff had been involved in fundraising for. It wouldn’t be long until she’d be taking Noah there to play – another stage that she’d assumed was over before he came along. She had to give credit to Tiff though, she really had achieved a lot for the village, and given that Little Penchurch only had a population of about four hundred people, the villagers were keen to improve their local amenities; they were happy to help when Tiff asked them to dig into their pockets and give generously.

Tiff could be very persuasive.