But Aurora’s silence didn’t last long. Rallying, she quickly found words designed to wound and screamed back, ‘Don’t pretend you cared a toss for your mother. We all know you hated her, God knows you made it plain often enough. The only thing you loved about her was her money that you used to buy Darryl’s attention.’
The precocious Aurora, with the ruthless confidence of youth and beauty, delivered the coup de grace to her middle-aged mother. ‘At least I never needed to resort to bribes to get him to pay me attention. If you knew how many times he's tried to get into my knickers—'
When Jane, obviously stunned, failed to respond, Aurora added dismissively, 'as if I'd want him. I only played up to him to get to you. But I think we both know where Dazza will be headed if your old mother has
