He met her eyes. “What am I up against, Emma?"
She bit her lip. “I can’t say too much… it’s not my place.”
“I know.”
“But what Jenny went through was nothing short of a living nightmare. The fact that she’s managed to get on with things, and build up a successful restaurant after it, is all a miracle. Hell, the fact that she gets out of bed in the morning is a damn miracle. But she’s strong, and she’s determined that what happened will not ruin her life. She wants things for herself, Chris: happiness, financial security, a family. And she’ll do whatever she has to do to get those things, if she can.”
Chris nodded.
“If you can’t help her, she’ll go ahead another way,” Emma said. “She wants to be in a healthy relationship. She wants to relax in bed with a man who loves her. She wants t
