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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 places her arm on Sienna’s. It’s hard not to pull away. ‘Maybe so, but I do know that what people present to the outside world isn’t always what’s happening behind closed doors.’

Sienna should question her about this, ask her if she’s talking about her own marriage, but she’s too consumed with worry over where Greg might be.

‘He’s never stopped loving his ex-wife,’ Sienna says. ‘I feel it in my bones. And I’ve spent all these years trying to be the best wife I can be, trying to help him get over her, but it’s futile, isn’t it? The heart wants what it wants, and nothing can change that.’

Abby frowns. ‘You think he still loves his ex-wife?’

Sienna loathes every second of this. Laying her soul bare like this doesn’t sit well with her; it’s usually she who listens to everyone else’s troubles while keeping her own locked away. She doesn’t want to be a victim of anything. But Abby needs to hear all this ‘I know he does.’

Abby passes her a tissue from the coffee table. ‘I’m sorry, Sienna. About all of this. I just… don’t know what to say. I don’t know Greg well enough to—’

‘I’m sorry to ask this but I need to. That night of the dinner party – did he say anything at all about our marriage or Holly? You spent all that time together, so I was wondering if anything came up. He was acting strangely after that, and alcohol does tend to loosen our tongues.’ She knows she’s coming across as accusatory; she needs to tread carefully in case Abby clams up.

Abby’s answer comes too quickly; she is too eager to assure Sienna that nothing had been wrong. ‘Not at all. He was… full of praise for you. Told me how proud he was of you for taking a leap and starting your own business.’

That’s when Sienna knows Abby is lying. Greg hasn’t wanted her to start her business; they’ve had enough discussions about it for her to know that he’s worried it will fail, that Sienna is wasting her time. Even finishing the downstairs of Abby and Rob’s house hadn’t changed his mind, and he’d still warned her not to get her hopes up.

‘Greg said that?’ she asks Abby. ‘Well, that’s good to hear.’ For now, Sienna doesn’t want to confront Abby. She will bide her time and find out exactly why she is lying.

Abby pulls out her phone. ‘Look, I hate to leave you, but I really need to get back. I promised Rob’s parents I’d do some shopping for them.’

‘That’s kind of you,’ Sienna says, not believing a word of it.