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Chapter Fourty seven

Chapter 47.

THERE was a long, still moment after Tom stopped speaking when it

seemed that everyone had forgotten to breathe.

Then Dan said, ‘Is that right, Tom? You have the tickets?’

‘Yes, but—’

He held out his hand and the lawyer reluctantly passed the travel folder

to him. Fran watched in disbelief as he calmly opened it and checked the

documents before turning to her.

‘It’s next week, Mira. Is that convenient for you?’ he asked. As if

he was talking about dinner or a seat at the theatre and with about as much

emotion. His face might have been hewn from wood for all the expression

in it. His eyes chiselled from cold steel.

Confronted with so little feeling, something hot and painful clenched

inside her and she recognised it for what it was.

Fear.

‘This is a joke.’ She looked to the lawyer for backup. ‘This is Naten’s

idea of a practical joke…’ If she’d hoped they would both laugh and admit

it, she was disappointed. Tom looked down at his desk as if he wished he

was anywhere else. D
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