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‘As you know, I’m not allowed to provide you with that information. Let’s just say I think Lady Luck is wearing red tonight.’
‘Our chips are just being brought down from upstairs. We’ll eat the nuts while we wait,’ Freya told him, scooping up a handful.
‘So, how did your lunch with Jonny go?’
‘Fine. He’s having some plans drawn up for me to look at. Then his architect can get together with mine and fight it out.’
‘He wasn’t what I expected,’ Nicholas admitted.
‘No? Well, what were you expecting?’
‘I didn’t think he would be so confident.’
‘Oh he’s always been like that.’
‘I’m not sure I liked it.’
‘He’s a talker, that’s all, and he’s developed a plummy accent. Sometimes, that comes across as arrogance. I don’t think it’s really that.’
‘Well, you’re the one who knows him.’
‘I really think he means well with the charity and I can’t turn down that sort of help.’ Her phone rang and she took it out and checked the screen. ‘It’s Emma, I’d better answer it. Look, I won’t be a minute. Stick twenty thousand dollars on red number twenty.’
She got off her seat and headed out of the room towards the toilets.
‘Hi, Em.’
‘Hi. I just thought I’d give you a Melly update.’
‘Oh how is she? You sound better. Has she perked up a bit?’
‘She’s almost fully recovered. She’s keeping down her milk and she’s been really happy so far today. We got a good night’s sleep last night.’
‘That’s great news. I’m so pleased.’
‘So, how are things with you?’
‘Oh you know, hovering between chaotic and terrifying. I’m putting a brave face on things.’
The whole of the sentence sounded less than convincing.
‘What’s happened?’
Freya explained about the newspaper article.
‘I don’t know what to say. This is the last thing you need when you’re planning to get married next month,’ Emma told her.
‘I know and we’ve thought about it and we’d really like to get married on Corfu. But after all this, I don’t know whether it’s going to be possible.’
She could almost feel the perfect wedding dream evaporating.
‘I don’t think you should let this newspaper article dictate where you get married.’
‘It isn’t that. It’s what my father might decide to do about it.’
‘What does Nick say?’
‘He tells me not to worry about it. He says my father won’t be concerned and everything will be happy ever after and roses around the door. But I keep telling him he doesn’t know my father like I do. And… there’s something I haven’t told Nick yet.’ She dropped her voice to a whisper.
