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‘No, and she’s ordering food in anyway’

‘I would have thought she’d be too tired to entertain on the first night back from an overseas honeymoon’

‘I said uess it’s not all that long a flight fro and I dare say they’ll have flown first class Probably slept all the way But I’ll check with her when she callsto await her call and get fresh clothes’

‘I’ll drive you,’ he offered

‘Gosh, you ht you lived in trains and taxis’

He certainly did have a car, a nice new navy number Not overly flash; h room for two adults and two children

Rachel wished she’d stop having such thoughts about Justin, but it was impossible not to dream

They pulled up at the town house in Turra Rachel inside as she kneould And they ended up back in bed, as she knew they would So much for her resolve not to be easy! But it was so hard to resist hiether when Isabel’s call came shortly after three pm

‘Yes?’ Rachel answered in a slightly croaky voice

‘Rach, is that you?’ Isabel asked, sounding doubtful

‘Yes, yes, it’s me Justin, stop that,’ she hissed under her breath ‘I have to talk to Isabel’

‘Is that the TV on in the background, or are you talking to someone?’ Isabel asked

‘I…u to someone’

‘Oh? Who?’ Now she sounded surprised

Rachel gave Justin a playful kick and he laughed before cli at the sight of the red nailinto his buttocks Truly, she’d turned into a oman in bed!

‘Sounds like a man,’ Isabel said

‘It is’

‘Oh, ot yourself a boyfriend!’

‘You could be right’

‘Who? Rafe, Rafe, Rachel’s got herself aher attention to her friend ‘Where did you meet him? What’s he like? Have you been to bed with him yet?’

Rachel had to sht away ‘I eous And yes, I’ve been to bed with him’

‘Oh, , this is such great news How old is he?’

‘Early thirties’

‘Presumably, he works for AWI’

‘Yes’

‘What’s he look like?’