It almost broke her heart when she glanced up to see the confusion and hurt on his face, but she was determined now. ‘I’m so sorry,’ she said gently. ‘But I don’t love you, David.’

‘But you could if you’d only let yourself,’ he argued. He loved her far too much to let her go without a fight.

She shook her head, knowing now that it was time to be honest with him. ‘I think you should know that I’m … I’m going to have a baby.’

‘You’re what?’ He stepped back as if she had physically struck him and without waiting for him to say a word she turned and quietly walked away, leaving him standing there feeling as if his whole world had come crashing down about his ears.

Chapter Sixteen

‘So, I think it’s time we had a talk … don’t you?’ Sunday dabbed at her mouth with a crisp, white napkin. She and Kathy were eating their evening meal alone as Livvy – who still had no idea what was going on – had gone skating with her friends from work.

It had been two weeks since Sunday had discovered that Kathy was going to have a child and she had not mentioned it once – not that she’d had much opportunity to. Kathy had been avoiding her like the plague, locking herself away in her room when she wasn’t at work, and despite the lodge being small they had barely been in the same room together for longer than a few minutes. She had been hoping that Kathy would tell her what was going on, but as she had made no attempt to, Sunday had decided that as they had the house to themselves it was the ideal time to discuss the situation.

‘What do you want to talk about?’ Kathy’s face was blank as she pushed the food about her plate.

‘I would have thought, given the circumstances, that was fairly obvious.’

Kathy shrugged. She had known this was coming and, in a way, it was a relief to get it all out in the open. ‘There’s not much to say really. I’m going to have a baby – end of story,’ she said bluntly. ‘But if you want me to leave—’

‘Of course I don’t want you to leave!’ Sunday interrupted, horrified. ‘I just need to know what you … and David are going to do about it. I notice he hasn’t been around for a couple of weeks?’

‘We’ve finished. We’re not seeing each other anymore,’ Kathy informed her, and Sunday looked shocked.

‘Finished? Do you mean to tell me he won’t stand by you? Why … that’s awful. I can’t believe he—’