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Archie shot her a look that clearly said she was mad “What else would we do with a bunch of hand-painted sheep?”

There was no sign of Josh at the back of the house, but they spotted Mitch coh the old orchard

“Caroline” He smiled at her “Glad you could make it

Josh is this way Follow me”

He ushered her on in front of him

Her stomach fluttered She felt faint and wanted to retreat Maybe he could nature? Nohy hadn’t she thought of that before co to the castle? Caroline eyed Mitch nervously over her shoulder “Why an some papers”

“He does It’s better if he explains”

Caroline clenched and unclenched her hands A cold sweat broke out in the so home and crawl into a box of chocolates And stay there until she vomited or passed out

“What are these papers for, anyway? Is it so that can wait? Maybe Josh could mail them to me?”

“They’re ned straight away You’re here now Why not get this over with?”

Caroline’s stootten all about the castle restoration She guessed that was so she’d screwed up And onewas over The work used to seeing on the faces of the people around her

Her feet dragged as she rounded a bend in the path If Kirsty and Mitch hadn’t been behind her, she would have turned and fled This was aanywhere near hi this to herself? Didn’t she deserve some time to heal? To hide?

She tripped over so on the path and jerked to a halt Her hand fluttered to her mouth “What on earth?” Thousands of bubbles floated towards her They covered the path and danced around the trees She gave Kirsty a questioning glance and became even more confused when her friend beamed widely

“Keep going, Caroline” Mitch urged her forward “Not far now”

Kirsty squeezed her hand “It’s okay, sweetie You’ll see”