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‘It’s so good to see you and I love your hair that colour,’ Emma said.
‘It’s good to see you too. So, where’s Melly and Yiannis? They’d better be here.’
‘They certainly are. They’re downstairs with Nick.’
‘Nick knew, didn’t he? He knew you were planning to come over.’
‘How could I not come? After what happened to you, I wanted to come straight away. Nick called me and told me everything and then it was all over the television and in the papers. But he said you needed some time. So we waited until he said you were feeling better. He arranged our flights and here we are.’
‘I’m starting to worry about his knack for concealing things from me,’ Freya stated.
‘I told him not to tell you because I knew you’d try to talk me out of coming all this way with Melly. And I wanted to come. I wanted to see you and your beautiful house and Willis. I think I caught a glimpse of him a second ago. I wanted to see your town and all the people you’ve described to me.’
‘Would you believe Brian quite possibly saved my life?’
‘Would you believe he’s selling t-shirts with “Baby Kaden says Go Maulers Go” printed on them?’ Emma asked her.
‘Actually, yes.’
‘I guess that’s what you’d call a “Brian Episode”.’
‘You’re getting into the Mayleaf way.’
‘So, do you want some of this Chinese food? Or have you already eaten?’ She indicated the plate of food on the nightstand.
‘That stuff? Get real! I’m coming down.’ She picked up her robe and wrapped around her.
‘Are you allowed out of bed? Perhaps we should check with Nick first.’
‘You are joking, right? I need to start reminding him who wears the trousers in this relationship.’
When the two women arrived in the kitchen, Nicholas was holding Melissa in his arms and feeding her a bottle of milk.
‘Aw, would you look at that? He’s a natural,’ Emma said.
‘Hi, Yiannis, it’s great to see you,’ Freya said, kissing the Greek man on the cheek.
‘And to see you too,’ Yiannis responded, hugging her.
‘I thought you were breastfeeding, Em,’ Freya said. She stood next to Nicholas and looked down at the very contented Melissa.
‘I was. All I will say is “puncture wounds”.’ Emma pulled a face.
‘Bottles and teats. Add it to our list,’ Freya said, directing it at Nicholas.
‘Added. Hey, what are you doing out of bed?’ he asked her.
‘You used to say that to me so often when we first got together. It’s nice romance is still such a big part of our relationship.’
‘Feeling better?’ Nicholas asked.
‘Much better now Emma’s here with Chinese food. Em, the plates are in the cupboard over there,’ Freya directed.
‘By the way, this package arrived for you earlier. It’s from Josie. She said she found them while she was cat-sitting and we were at the hospital. She said something about Willis scratching around the back of the sofa and then she said she’d laundered them. Does any of that make any sense to you?’ Nicholas asked her. He indicated a brown paper bag on the countertop.
‘Not a bit. Let’s see… Oh! How embarrassing!’ Freya exclaimed, looking into the bag.
‘What is it?’ Emma asked.
