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‘Talk it over with hiry, yes, but I did tell hi out…at least then your conscience will be clear…’ Philosophical pearls of wisdom had never been his forte and he lapsed into silence, stroking her back until he felt she was calh for him to pull back

‘I suppose you thought you were doing the right thing,’ Francesca said grudgingly and Jack breathed a sigh of relief at this little crumb of conciliation Before she had any opportunity to resue of the te down of arms

‘Let ested ‘I could whip soy bread, maybe?’

Francesca ht of fried food I’ll grab one’

‘What about this job tonight?’

‘I went shopping yesterday and everything’s in the fridges’ She looked at hily and he nodded

‘Okay But no running ahen et in touch…’

Shying away fro to this nonsense possibility like a ht that Angelo ht decide to walk away fro

And if he did contact her…

She would deal with it She could spend the rest of her life running but in the end she wouldn’t be able to hide and, even if she did succeed in disappearing, what good would it do in the long terrow into a child and the child would grow into an adult anted answers to questions

It was almost a sense of relief to know that the decision had pretty much been taken out of her hands All she had to do noait

Not long, if Angelo had his way, but he knew that he had to curb the urge to drive over to her house immediately and lay into her

His phone rang for the third tione nine and, knoho it was, he snatched it up and said, without bothering with formalities, ‘What do you want?’

There had been five ht before All fro, all of which he let the answering et He certainly didn’t feel inclined to be civil to anyone, least of all his ex-girlfriend, who had disappeared only to resurface just when he needed no distractions

Pregnant

Angelo had barely been able to take it in when Jack had launched his bombshell In fact, it had initially crossed his ht have been soh he knew her well enough to know that that would not be her style The self-delusion hadn’t lasted long Thehis body language and there had been nothe simple truth, which was that he had not come to see him with Francesca’s permission

Whichhinancy The treachery involved in her silence had rendered him speechless He had listened to Jack stutter out one or two excuses on her behalf but he had barely heard the those lines Had returned ho at him

‘I wondered whether we couldI have to talk to you about’

Meeting Georgina was the last thing he wanted to do Nor did he care for the barely hidden sness in her voice Had she found out about his affair with Francesca? More than likely London was a big place but not so big in certain circles that word ot round They could have been spotted at any tirapevine in the city was as lush and vibrant as any grapevine anywhere else

And if she had known about the relationship, then it was also possible that she knew of its deelo’s rim smile of contempt He could barely re ements In fact, he could barely reain into his life, bringing back all the confusion he had thought well left behind