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‘So the Mummy and Daddy option will come into play Is that it?’

‘That’s not what I said!’

‘Then what exactly are you saying?’

‘As you know, ed at the thought of taking them up on ould be their inevitable offer Probably not even an offer They would insist

She had spent tooher best to maintain her independence, and somehow she just knew that if she caved in to parental pressure at this point—even well-intentioned parental pressure—she would fall into a trap froh on impossible to escape

‘Over my dead body’

‘We could work soround ‘Okay, I accept that h And I’ She sed painfully as a vision of her lih her head like the steel jaws of a trap, propelling her into a place she fought hard against ‘I don’t want to run crying to h that they’re going to try and shove it down nant’

‘They won’t do any such thing if they’re aware that you’re financially being taken care of by me’

‘I don’t want to be taken care of financially by you!’ She closed her eyes, breathed deeply, opened theht not be one of life’s great financial successes but I’ve never wanted to rely on anyone How do you think you’re going to feel when you’re stuck having to dole out money to me?’

‘Don’t worry about how I’s And, whether you want to rely on someone or not, you now don’t have an option’

‘This isn’t how I saw ht that I would find Mr Right and everything would be done in the correct order Love old together’