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The extra thing in the bag with the leftover cake had been a note. A note asking him to go over to Wendy’s place at three the following afternoon. Apparently both Ben and Lauren would be out.
Paul had read the note twice, hands shaking and a sick feeling in his stomach. God, is this your answer? Then he’d spent a restless night over-analysing everything. In the end, he’d concluded he had nothing to worry about. If his presents were annoying Wendy, she’d have said so in a letter and she wouldn’t have been so friendly yesterday. Or would she?
Lord, keep me calm.
At two minutes to three he was on Wendy’s doorstep. He’d asked Stuart and his father for special prayer, although he hadn’t told them why. It was reassuring to know both were praying, but his hand still wobbled as he reached o
