Chapters (67)
- Cover
- Dedication
- PROLOGUE
- PART ONE
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- SIX
- SEVEN
- EIGHT
- NINE
- TEN
- ELEVEN
- TWELVE
- THIRTEEN
- FOURTEEN
- FIFTEEN
- SIXTEEN
- SEVENTEEN
- PART TWO
- EIGHTEEN
- NINETEEN
- TWENTY
- TWENTY-ONE
- TWENTY-TWO
- TWENTY-THREE
- TWENTY-FOUR
- TWENTY-FIVE
- TWENTY-SIX
- TWENTY-SEVEN
- TWENTY-EIGHT
- TWENTY-NINE
- PART THREE
- THIRTY
- THIRTY-ONE
- THIRTY-TWO
- THIRTY-THREE
- THIRTY-FOUR
- THIRTY-FIVE
- THIRTY-SIX
- THIRTY-SEVEN
- THIRTY-EIGHT
- THIRTY-NINE
- PART FOUR
- FORTY
- FORTY-ONE
- FORTY-TWO
- FORTY-THREE
- FORTY-FOUR
- FORTY-FIVE
- FORTY-SIX
- FORTY-SEVEN
- FORTY-EIGHT
- FORTY-NINE
- FIFTY
- FIFTY-ONE
- FIFTY-TWO
- FIFTY-THREE
- FIFTY-FOUR
- EPILOGUE
- Mailing list
- A Letter from Kathryn
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Also by Kathryn Croft
Sienna finds herself wanting to open up to Holly, to share stories about Greg, even though it’s Abby she would have spoken to before. ‘For a long time, it was as though it was Greg and me against the world. Does that make sense? That’s how I thought of us. As a team.’ She doesn’t add that it all changed, and she doesn’t know why, or exactly when. Something just slipped through her fingers.
Holly nods. ‘That’s exactly how it should be. And Greg deserves that after being with me. I just… couldn’t give him all of me. Or any of me, really.’
Even though it’s clear that Holly is consumed with guilt, Sienna is pleased that she ultimately didn’t love Greg – how can she not feel good about this when she and Greg would never have happened if Holly hadn’t left him? ‘We can’t force feelings, can we?’ she tells Holly.
‘No, and, believe me, I did try. Anyway, it all worked out well because he found you. And now I don’t have to feel guilty.’
Sienna wants to be comforted by this, but how can she be when her marriage is just as much of a sham, only in reverse? Greg is the one who couldn’t give all of himself. She’s spent all this time believing that he still loves Holly – and maybe it’s true – but Holly has never been the one she has to worry about. No, it’s Abby she should have been watching. Her friend. The woman she should be sitting with right now, the woman she should be leaning on, sharing a bottle of wine, and her pain, with.
Perhaps it is thinking of Abby now – and feeling her betrayal like a fresh cut in her skin – that spurs Sienna to mention her.
‘There is something I haven’t talked about,’ she says. ‘It’s been… difficult to get my head around.’ She glances at Holly. The words she wants to say are right there, yet they seem to take an eternity to leave her mouth. ‘I think Greg cheated on me. Well, actually, I know he did.’
Holly’s eyes widen. ‘Are you… are you sure? That doesn’t sound like something Greg would do.’
Sienna nods, takes a deep breath and tells Holly what she heard, and how Greg and Abby both acted after that night. She doesn’t realise she’s going to reveal every detail, including swapping husbands for the night, until she’s saying it aloud, her voice low so that Jackson can’t overhear.
‘Please don’t judge me. It wasn’t supposed to be like that. Nobody was meant to cross any lines.’