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Chapters (67)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. PROLOGUE
  4. PART ONE
  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. PART TWO
  23. EIGHTEEN
  24. NINETEEN
  25. TWENTY
  26. TWENTY-ONE
  27. TWENTY-TWO
  28. TWENTY-THREE
  29. TWENTY-FOUR
  30. TWENTY-FIVE
  31. TWENTY-SIX
  32. TWENTY-SEVEN
  33. TWENTY-EIGHT
  34. TWENTY-NINE
  35. PART THREE
  36. THIRTY
  37. THIRTY-ONE
  38. THIRTY-TWO
  39. THIRTY-THREE
  40. THIRTY-FOUR
  41. THIRTY-FIVE
  42. THIRTY-SIX
  43. THIRTY-SEVEN
  44. THIRTY-EIGHT
  45. THIRTY-NINE
  46. PART FOUR
  47. FORTY
  48. FORTY-ONE
  49. FORTY-TWO
  50. FORTY-THREE
  51. FORTY-FOUR
  52. FORTY-FIVE
  53. FORTY-SIX
  54. FORTY-SEVEN
  55. FORTY-EIGHT
  56. FORTY-NINE
  57. FIFTY
  58. FIFTY-ONE
  59. FIFTY-TWO
  60. FIFTY-THREE
  61. FIFTY-FOUR
  62. EPILOGUE
  63. Mailing list
  64. A Letter from Kathryn
  65. Acknowledgements
  66. About the Author
  67. Also by Kathryn Croft

‘She’s well. You’re not in touch then? Only, I thought you were good friends?’

Marty rolls his eyes. ‘Yes, we were actually. And I know it was hard on Jo, but it was best we kept out of it. It’s always awkward when a marriage falls apart and you have mutual friends. Difficult choices have to be made.’ His eyes shift to the door; he’s nervous talking to her about Greg’s ex-wife. ‘Still, Jackson’s a great kid, isn’t he?’

‘Yes,’ she agrees, even though she’s got little to base this on. Maybe he is, maybe he isn’t – in the four years she’s been with Greg she’s never quite worked this out. He’s just Jackson. A boy who keeps as far away from her as he can, despite her best efforts to bond with him. He’s never rude to her, though, she has to at least give him that.

‘I expect you and Greg will have children soon enough.’ It isn’t really a question and, coming from anyone else, she might take offence, but Marty’s eyes are still glued to his wife, who is now talking animatedly to the other two women. Sienna’s sure he’s just making small talk to keep her company. She notices, though, that every so often Jo glances in their direction, probably desperate to stop Marty having a cosy chat with her, but equally unable to pull herself away from the gossip her friends will be sharing.

Jo doesn’t need to worry about Sienna, though. She wouldn’t so much as flirt with another man, let alone another woman’s husband. She can’t say the same for Nikki, Reuben’s wife, though; the woman takes every opportunity to fawn over Greg, touching his arm, her voice turning gentler, more feminine, when she talks to him. It turns Sienna’s stomach. She should laugh about it really – Greg would never respond to someone so obvious. Nikki is a commanding woman, though, a managing director for a technology company, and with the exception of Eva and Jo, she treats everyone like one of her employees.

‘No children for us,’ Sienna tells Marty. She has no desire to have a baby and is certain it will never burn within her. It doesn’t worry her that she’s leaving it late. It has nothing to do with not being maternal or caring – nobody could accuse her of that – it’s just that she’s happy with what she has. She and Greg in their own world, a new career path to focus on. There isn’t room for anything else. And even though he’s never said it, she’s certain that Greg feels his baby days are behind him. At least they are on the same page with that.

Marty seems shocked by her response. ‘Oh, I thought—’