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A tiny thrill ran down her spine as she thought of how surprised he ht be if she wore her hair down and put on a bit of ant look

‘Great And don’t forget it’s going to be a lot warmer up there at this tiht clothes for day wear Very casual, too’

Rachel saw the expression in his eyes as they flicked up and down the severely tailored black suit she earing

‘It’s all right, Justin,’ she said wryly ‘I do have soain, thanks to Isabel

When Isabel’s ex-fiancé broke off their engageiven Rachel her entire honeyht to be worn on a tropical island Rachel had thought at the time she would never have an opportunity to wear any of them, same as with the bridesmaid dress

Now, suddenly, she did What a strange twist of fate!

‘So when is the flight?’ she asked

‘It departs at four, which doesn’t leave all that o Unfortunately, I can’t abandon ht’s markets and you’ll still have to update the files So, let’s see, now…you live at Turramurra, don’t you?’

‘For the moment’

He frowned ‘What do you mean, for the moment?’

‘It’swith her temporarily since my foster-mum’s funeral Don’t you remember? I told you all about Lettie and her illness at my interview’

He slapped his forehead with the ball of his free hand and shot her an apologetic glance ‘Of course you did You also said you’d be selling her old house and buying yourself a unit closer to the city Sorry I did listen to you that day Honest I’d just forgotten for the ? Found a buyer yet?’

Rachel sighed ‘Unfortunately, things haven’t worked out the way I thought they would Lettie did willshe owned, but it turned out she didn’t own the house and contents in the first place It was all still in her husband’s name I could have taken the matter to court but I just didn’t have the heart The solicitor said I probably wouldn’t end up with much, anyway’