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Chapters (76)
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Prologue
  5. Chapter One
  6. Chapter Two
  7. Chapter Three
  8. Chapter Four
  9. Chapter Five
  10. Chapter Six
  11. Chapter Seven
  12. Chapter Eight
  13. Chapter Nine
  14. Chapter Ten
  15. Chapter Eleven
  16. Chapter Twelve
  17. Chapter Thirteen
  18. Chapter Fourteen
  19. Chapter Fifteen
  20. Chapter Sixteen
  21. Chapter Seventeen
  22. Chapter Eighteen
  23. Chapter Nineteen
  24. Chapter Twenty
  25. Chapter Twenty-One
  26. Chapter Twenty-Two
  27. Chapter Twenty-Three
  28. Chapter Twenty-Four
  29. Chapter Twenty-Five
  30. Chapter Twenty-Six
  31. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  32. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  33. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  34. Chapter Thirty
  35. Chapter Thirty-One
  36. Chapter Thirty-Two
  37. Chapter Thirty-Three
  38. Chapter Thirty-Four
  39. Chapter Thirty-Five
  40. Chapter Thirty-Six
  41. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  42. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  43. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  44. Chapter Forty
  45. Chapter Forty-One
  46. Chapter Forty-Two
  47. Chapter Forty-Three
  48. Chapter Forty-Four
  49. Chapter Forty-Five
  50. Chapter Forty-Six
  51. Chapter Forty-Seven
  52. Chapter Forty-Eight
  53. Chapter Forty-Nine
  54. Chapter Fifty
  55. Chapter Fifty-One
  56. Chapter Fifty-Two
  57. Chapter Fifty-Three
  58. Chapter Fifty-Four
  59. Chapter Fifty-Five
  60. Chapter Fifty-Six
  61. Chapter Fifty-Seven
  62. Chapter Fifty-Eight
  63. Acknowledgements
  64. Also by Rosie Goodwin
  65. About Rosie Goodwin
  66. Welcome to the world of Rosie Goodwin!
  67. A Letter from Rosie Goodwin
  68. Cissie’s Roast Chicken
  69. An extract from Rosie Goodwin’s next novel
  70. Prologue
  71. Chapter One
  72. Love Rosie Goodwin?
  73. The Days of the Week collection
  74. Mothering Sunday
  75. Tales from Memory Lane
  76. Memory Lane Advert

‘No, but after Tom died you gave Ben a letter saying that he would be in charge of all your finances until further notice. It was he that took the mortgage out. And that isn’t the worst of it, I’m afraid. He also told me to cash in all the stocks and shares that Tom had invested in. He said that was what you wanted and when I told him that I would come and talk to you about it he got quite shirty and told me that you weren’t receiving visitors – any visitors – and that he was acting on your instructions.’

Sunday suddenly understood why William hadn’t been to see her for some time and she felt sick. ‘So where does that leave me now?’ she asked with a tremor in her voice.

He spread his hands, feeling helpless. ‘Well, unfortunately … you are now in debt to the bank. Ben has taken all your cash and so …’ He gulped, hating what he was going to say. ‘All you have left is the business. My advice to you would be to sell the house and the business to clear your debts. Hopefully you will have enough left to buy a small cottage somewhere but until I’ve had time to look properly at your finances, I can’t even promise that.’

‘Sell Treetops!’ Sunday was stunned. ‘B-but I can’t do that. This is my home. The house my mother left to me!’

‘I know, my dear.’ Mr Dixon looked almost as upset as Sunday felt and had Ben been there, he would have derived great pleasure from wringing his neck! ‘I’m so very sorry,’ he went on in a gentle voice. ‘But let me get an agent to come out and view the property and value it. Meantime I shall add up exactly what you owe, and we’ll take it from there. Would you like me to do that?’

Sunday nodded numbly. She just couldn’t take it all in; it was her worst nightmare come true and there wasn’t a single thing she could do about it.

Mr Dixon left shortly after. In truth he couldn’t get away quickly enough and he knew he would never forget the stricken look on Sunday’s face for as long as he lived. The poor woman. As if she hadn’t had enough to put up with losing Tom. And now this – it just didn’t bear thinking about!