Chapter Forty
Mum knows.
Gloria kept staring at the message Ash had just sent her. Damn. Sally sat next to her on the sofa. Janey wasn’t home. She didn’t want to start texting frantically with her daughter right there, that would surely rouse suspicion. But, oh bugger, Mary knew. Ash must have told her. Just like she’d told her brother well before Gloria wanted anyone to know. Then again, she’d told Sindhu and Fiona.
“Are you okay, Mum?” Sally asked.
“I’m fine, sweetie.” She stood. “I need to make a quick phone call.” She exited the living room. The kitchen wasn’t far enough from where Sally was sitting to have a private conversation with Ash. Gloria went into the garden and pressed Ash’s number.
“She figured it out herself,” Ash said, as soon as she picked up. “She’s a f*****g smart
