“THANK YOU AGAIN, JOSEPH, Marsha. It was lovely to have met you both and I wish you every happiness in your new home.” Alexis punctuated her statement with a slight wave from the window of her sports car as she pulled out of the drive. Sophie smiled behind the wheel of her own little car and waved at the couple before following her friend into lunch time traffic. She had half an hour to make it to the hotel for her meeting. The once over had taken longer than necessary and then of course, they'd had the obligatory glass of champagne to celebrate the end of the job, and the start of the couple's enjoyment of their home. After that, Sophie had checked her watch to find it was past midday, and in a panic had made eyes at Alex.
Now, sitting in her car in the stop and go traffic, she fou
