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She sat down and did as he suggested and was soon tucking into pasta with a simple sauce, studded with anchovies and olives Afterwards there were iced grapes and squares of dark chocolate, accompanied by the thick, sweet coffee he loved so ht, she ate with an appetite which seean to prick the velvet sky she felt better

By tacit agree some of the exploits of his twin cousins in New York, who Lexi had always liked He told her that there had been talk of doing a sequel to My Crazy Greek Father but that he had ruled it out, because he couldn’t face going back to Hollywood for any sustained length of ti that the dinner could continue, like one of those meals you found in fairy tales, where the table was lavishly replenished each day Because around that table it was easy to forget about the world which existed outside that garden

But the world did exist and it ca complications, in their case She pushed away her empty coffee cup and looked at him

‘What have you told your mother?’

He shrugged ‘That you’re corandain Other than that, I haven’t elaborated’

She folded her napkin and put it on the table ‘And what did she say?’

For a moment Xenon was silent as he poured hily, his mother’s response to his news had been lishwoer to take on that privileged role He suspected she still lived in hope that it randmother’s sentimental views on divorce But he had told her that Lexi’s visit was non-negotiable and had deed wife courtesy and consideration, a dehtfully before she had agreed

‘She accepted it,’ he said

‘Just like that?’

He raised his eyebrows ‘Myto the way I live my life Not any more’

‘Orit out loud’