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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

‘But you’ll find something else – you’re damn good at your job and you interview well. And there’s no rush, is there? You can take your time and make sure you find the right place.’ He’s talking to her as though he’s a teacher and she’s the student. This doesn’t sit well with her and fuels her determination. She is his equal: their jobs shouldn’t define anything in their relationship.

She rests her elbows on the table. ‘If I don’t do it now, I never will. I’m thirty-eight, Greg. And what have I got to show for my thirties?’

He looks straight at her then, his eyes widening. This must be obscure to him; she’s not usually one for complaining. She just gets on with things. ‘You’ve got all this,’ he says, looking around the kitchen. ‘You practically designed this whole house. I wouldn’t have had a clue what to do with it.’ He smiles, no doubt hoping this is enough to appease her.

However, Sienna’s on a roll now, there’s no way she’s giving in. ‘And that’s exactly when I realised what I want to do with the rest of my life.’ She’s read all about how most businesses fail within their first year, but it hasn’t put her off. She’s determined to start her own interior design company, never mind the statistics. She explains this to Greg, seconds ticking by while she once again anticipates his response. What she wants is for him to probe her more, to ask her if she’s done her research, if she’s thought everything through in detail. Surely, at least he will ask how she’ll go about it when she has no business experience.

Instead, with his eyes fixed on his phone, he says, ‘Well, it sounds like you’ve got it all figured out. Anyway, remember we’ve got that dinner tonight? Seven o’clock.’

The dinner. Greg’s work colleagues and their partners, none of whom ever want to give Sienna the time of day. It’s not Marty, Reuben or Harry who are the problem – it’s their wives. She can’t be sure but Sienna suspects that they look down on her. She’s not like them, not one of them, and certainly not good enough for Greg. Unlike Holly.

‘And you remembered that Jackson’s coming over after school?’ Greg continues. ‘Holly has that work meeting, but she’s promised she’ll be home by six, so I can get him back for then. I’ll make sure I leave work as early as I can; otherwise I’ll hardly see him.’