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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

While the hospital appointment might be legitimate, Sienna knows that shopping with her mother-in-law could still be a lie. She will need to be in and out as quickly as possible. If she’s caught there, there will be no way to explain her presence, no way back.

When she’s finished at home, she makes her way back to Abby’s house, fully aware that what she’s embarking on is reckless. She has no idea what she’s hoping to achieve. What evidence could there possibly be to prove that Abby is lying to her? Yet still she is compelled to go through with this, desperate enough to try anything, no matter how futile it seems, or how risky.

At least twice she almost turns back. There is an alternative – she can just come out with it and confront Abby directly, tell her about her suspicions. There must be something left of their friendship. Maybe they’d even laugh about it later, when Greg comes back, and all of this is behind them.

But her feet keep moving in the direction of Abby’s house, and before long she is turning the handle of the back door, opening it wide enough to slip inside.

That’s when she hears a voice, somewhere upstairs.

Abby’s voice.

There’s only a split second to make a decision, but what sways it for Sienna is that this is proof of Abby’s deceit. It’s ten o’clock now, so if there was an appointment then it certainly wasn’t at ten. But does this prove anything more than Abby wanting her out of the house? A harmless white lie because she can’t bear to be around Sienna. She can even understand this; she is drenched in grief, it oozes from her pores, and nobody, no matter how saintly they are, can deal with that for too long.

She turns back to the door when something Abby says causes her to freeze.

‘It was a mistake, Mel. Rob can’t find out. He’ll never forgive me. Our marriage will be over. It was just one stupid night and now it’s haunting me.’ There is a silent pause before Abby speaks again. ‘I know, I know.’

She’s on the phone, then. Before Sienna has a chance to consider who she might be talking to, she hears Abby’s footsteps coming down the stairs.

Sienna has to leave before Abby finds her here. At least she got what she came for.