Chapter 19
The happy couple must be about to return, Tessa realised, as Tim turned away from the lounge room window and pestered Noah again—with much less subtlety.
‘Please don’t take this the wrong way,’ he begged, ‘but I have to know before I leave. What’s the deal with Lainie?’
Tess rolled her eyes at Noah’s pleading look. Her husband was a terrible liar. She would have thought he would be better at it if it helped to keep Eden a secret, but he was just too obvious when he tried to hedge. She tugged Tim’s sleeve and drew him back to the kitchen to help finish cleaning up the mess from breakfast. Noah followed, throwing her a grateful smile.
‘Lainie’s been away for a few years,’ she explained, opening the clean dishwasher and handing Tim the cutlery basket. ‘She had a very traumatic
