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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

Sienna feels clammy, even though she’s wearing a thin top and the evening air is cooler tonight. ‘You’ll need to give me more than that, Greg.’

He doesn’t reply.

‘What did you talk about?’

‘She spoke about herself mostly. And Rob. I just got the impression that maybe they’re not as close as they seem.’

What Greg is telling her makes no sense; Sienna has always had the opposite impression – that Abby and Rob are as solid as steel. Then she remembers Rob’s declaration about loving Abby more than she loves him. Sienna tries to press Greg on what has led him to this conclusion, but he remains vague.

‘It’s hard to remember, Sienna. I’d had so much to drink. It’s more of a feeling I got, which I still recall now, even though I can’t remember every detail of what she said.’

Again, she tries to coax more detail out of him, which only leads to Greg shutting down. This is what he always does.

‘Can we talk about something else?’ he says.

They’re outside the restaurant now, and Sienna’s appetite has vanished.

If she didn’t before, now she knows she has something to worry about.

NINE

Abby

When she wakes up on the morning after the dinner party, Greg has gone. For a fleeting moment, none of it seems real. She reaches across the bed for Rob, but of course he isn’t there. On her phone there’s a notification from Sienna; she can’t bring herself to open it.

Abby needs to speak to Greg.

She recollects from the dinner party that he was planning to go to the hospital the next morning, despite it being a Saturday. Something about dealing with paperwork. He’d mentioned it to Rob, and she’d paid little attention at the time. Now it feels as though nothing could be more important; it might be her only chance to catch Greg alone.

In the shower, Abby leaves her hair unwashed – she needs to be out before Rob gets home. She has no idea what she’ll say to him if she sees him now, or what she will do. Will she be able to act normally? It’s likely that Rob will see straight through her. But this isn’t the first time she’s had to hold back from him; she just never thought she’d be facing it again so soon.

She’s too late. Rob’s standing there in the bedroom, peeling himself out of yesterday’s clothes. She stops in the doorway, wrapped in her towel.

‘The morning after, eh?’ Rob says, smiling. ‘So how was your night?’

‘Yeah, fine. Greg’s nice. How was it with Sienna?’