Now that I had come to an uneasy truce with what had happened, I was able to think a little more clearly. I couldn"t spend any more time indulging myself with talking and tears, although I had a feeling the tears would continue to catch me unaware anyway. Days had passed and now it was time to stand back for a moment, do a quick mental stocktake, check my facts and come up with a strategy to put things right.
Despite my resolution that I would wait no longer and action was now urgent, we hadn"t made any firm plans at Lola"s the previous day – it had turned out to be so emotional and draining that, after returning from the garden, our conversation had naturally evolved and moved to lighter places. I had drawn the subject back to Annie but, once I"d been offered the promise that the next da
