CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE “ Bastard,” Coco seethed through gritted teeth. “How could he?” Christie shook her head. “ Look, guys, I’m fine about it. I just wished he’d have told me the truth, that’s all. It’s been a few months anyway. He could have met her and married her within a few months, right?” Both Coco and Christie looked at her and shook their heads. “ Well, it doesn’t matter. It was just a fling anyway. It was fun while it lasted.” “ Yeah, but he was engaged to be married…to another woman,” Christie sighed. “ Who was engaged?” Trixie piped up as she walked into the shop just before nine the following morning. “ Oh, hello, dear. You’re in early. I thought you usually dropped the girls off first thing?” she said, talking to her youngest daughter. “

