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‘But the instant we hit the first rough patch in our el condemned

‘A long-terh patch,’ Merry protested helplessly ‘I believed Roula because you introduced me to her as a friend that you trusted’

‘She’s the sister I never had,’ Angel asserted with sardonic bite ‘The thought of anything of a sexual nature between us is…repellent’

And the last piece of the puzzle fell into place for Merry, hile believing Roula, had not quite been able to grasp why Angel had never been te a more intimate relationship with her After all, Roula was a beauty and had to share a lot with hi, his indifference to her as a wohly unlikely to ever change

‘I’ve seen a lot of divorces,’ Angel adst friends Nobody comes out unscathed but the children suffer the e, but neither do I want a ho runs like a rabbit at the first sign of trouble’

‘I did not run like a rabbit!’ Merry argued, hot-faced ‘Maybe you’re thinking of what you did after I told you I was pregnant!’

‘I took responsibility I ensured your financial needs were covered’

‘But you weren’t there when I was throwing up everymyself into work to keep my job’

‘You didn’t need to keep on working Your allowance would have covered your living costs’ Angel hesitated before asking with a frown, ‘Were you sick that often?’

‘Every day for about fourI started bleeding and I assuned from my job and went home to stay with Sybil’

Angel levered his long, lean frarace of his towards her, his lean, dark face troubled ‘You almost lost Elyssa?’