Chapter Thirty-Seven
‘Last chance,’ Hugh said. ‘No chance!’ Emily laughed. They walked back into A and E and Emily rolled her eyes. ‘Back to it.’ Finally he got her words, finally the jigsaw was starting to take shape. That morning with Emily she had only been on loan to him. ******* ‘THIRD TIME LUCKY.’ Hugh turned and looked at Emily as her father delivered the opening line of his wedding speech. She didn’t smile or laugh, as the rest of the room did. Yes, third time lucky perhaps, Hugh thought, but at what cost? Cathy, his bride, was around Emily’s age and Hugh watched a little while later as Emily smiled and congratulated her father’s new wife. ‘So when are you due?’ Emily asked, when Cathy said how excited she was to be having a baby. ‘Christmas!’ Cathy beamed and Emily duly smiled back. He kn
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