CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
The holidays arrived at the culmination of an endless term. A very pregnant looking Izzie and a growing Elizabeth visited, filling the house with laughter. Everywhere they went, people asked Izzie about her due date, refusing to believe she still had four and a half months before her.
Jas spent a few nights out at Culver’s Cottage without his parents, revelling in the connection with his new aunty and cousin. He cried when Izzie waddled back to Invercargill. Despite many late night talks and lots of time spent together, Hana managed to keep her pregnancy secret from her daughter. It wasn’t deliberate, but the continued uncertainty in her relationship heightened her sense of foolishness. She hid her diminishing sickness and Izzie went home unaware. At the end of the fi
