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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

Abby doesn’t want to admit this, but Sienna is right. Being married only this amount of time shouldn’t feel like so long.

‘It’s all so fresh and exciting in the early days, isn’t it?’ Sienna muses.

It doesn’t occur to Abby to wonder why Sienna is so interested in her marriage; she’s more concerned with changing the subject because the picture Sienna is painting is not Abby’s reality. ‘How about you and Greg?’ Abby’s met Greg a couple of times, and Sienna’s always talking about him, but she’s never thought to enquire about their relationship.

‘Greg and I have been together for five years. Married for four. I’m actually his second wife.’ She pauses. ‘From the look on your face I’m guessing I haven’t mentioned that before?’

She’s right that Abby is shocked. Not that it matters. ‘Oh, no, I don’t think you have.’

‘Yep, he was married before, and he has a thirteen-year-old son – Jackson. Who hates me, by the way.’

‘I’m sure he doesn’t,’ Abby says. It’s hard to imagine anyone disliking Sienna.

‘Well, he hardly says a word to me, yet with his dad he’s Mr Chatterbox.’ She shrugs. ‘I try, though, I really do.’ Then she looks at Abby and laughs. ‘Oh, I know exactly what you’re thinking right now. You think I’m the reason his marriage broke up?’

‘No, I—’

‘I’m just kidding. In all seriousness, though, that’s definitely not what happened. I would never have an affair with a married man. It goes against everything I believe in. I’m not judging anyone, but for me that’s a big no-no. I got together with Greg long after his wife left him.’

‘I wouldn’t judge you even if you had,’ Abby says, and she means every word of this.

‘That’s good to know, but it really isn’t something I’d do.’

‘Do you honestly think someone can say for sure they would never do something?’ Abby asks. Her question isn’t meant to antagonise Sienna – she would never do that – she’s interested only in her thoughts.

Sienna takes no offence. ‘You’re right. We can’t really know for sure what we’d do in any situation until we’re facing it, can we? That’s why I try not to judge people.’

In this moment it would be easy for Abby to open up to her, to lay herself bare and tell her everything that’s been eating away at her, but of course she doesn’t. Can’t. There is too much at stake, too much to protect. ‘Having high moral standards is important,’ she says. ‘What have we got without that?’