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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

Despite them being strangers, Abby goes over to her and puts her arm around her. ‘I’m so sorry.’

‘Well, this is strange. I can normally talk about her now without falling to pieces.’

‘I think us being here is probably a bit of a shock,’ Abby assures her.

‘She wanted to be a nurse,’ Kerry says, smiling. ‘She would have made a brilliant one. She really cared about people. I’m a single mum, so life hasn’t always been easy for us, but Leela and I always looked after each other. I wasn’t often ill, but if I ever had flu or anything, Leela would get me cups of tea and really take care of me. That’s the kind of person she was.’

Kerry sits down again, and Abby does the same.

‘Do you mind me asking why she was seeing a gynaecologist?’ Sienna says.

‘She had severe endometriosis. Needed lots of surgery to try and remove it, but it kept coming back, growing more. She was in pain at least once a month, but she just got on with it and rarely complained. Your husband was a remarkable surgeon.’

‘Yes, he was,’ Sienna agrees.

‘Do the police know what happened to him?’

‘Not yet. I’m sure they will soon, though.’ She glances at Abby.

‘Okay, so are you going to tell me why exactly you need to know about Leela?’

‘Did she have a boyfriend that you know of? Anyone significant in her life?’

Kerry frowns. ‘Nobody she talked about. She wasn’t really interested – she was more concerned with what she wanted to do with her life. She’d done A levels but couldn’t decide whether to go to university first then train to be a nurse or whether to just go straight into training. Why do you ask?’

Abby watches Sienna. She knows the plan is to reveal that she suspects Greg and Leela were having an affair, but now that they’re here – face to face with the woman who’s lost her daughter – she wonders if Sienna is finding this harder than she thought it would be.

‘I have to be honest with you,’ Sienna says. ‘I think your daughter was having an affair with Greg. Years ago. Before I even met him. I’m his second wife, so I’m not here for any conflict – Greg was married to someone else at the time.’

‘Oh God,’ Kerry says, burying her face in her hands. ‘I never thought this would come out.’

Abby holds her breath. This is more than they could have expected. ‘What’s that?’ she asks.

‘Leela never said anything, but I saw them once. It was really late one night, and I heard the front door shut. I rushed to the window, and I saw her getting into a car. Your husband was driving, and when she got in, they were… kissing each other.’ She turns to Sienna. ‘I’m sorry.’