Chapter 19
IN THE car on the way home, Sarah said, ‘Are you really worried about that Gisbourne character being back in town?’
I shook my head. ‘Nick’s right. It’s been a long time. If he was going to do anything to me, he would have done it by now.’’
I hadn’t told anyone about the assault on me after Frankie and I had returned from our trip, apart from the police. I’d explained the lump on my head by saying I was mugged late at night in the city while waiting for a taxi. It would have been impossible to explain without divulging my relationship with Frankie, which I didn’t want to do. Not even to Sarah. Especially not to Sarah. I told myself it was none of her business, it happened before we started our relationship; but the reality was that my relationship with Frankie was difficult t
