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An unreasonable anger had swirled through Will. His hands had fisted, wanting to smash the annoying smirk on his brother’s handsome face. ‘You’d better make bloody sure you look after her.’
‘Don’t worry.’ Josh laughed. ‘I’ve already done that.’ He was still laughing as he climbed into the pilot’s seat. ‘Now, you sit over there and stay quiet, little brother, while I take this beauty for her test flight.’
Once more, Will had tried to stop him. ‘You shouldn’t be doing this. You only have to wait for one more inspection.’
Josh ignored him and turned on the engine.
‘I’m not going to sit around here like your fan club,’ Will shouted above the engine’s roar. ‘If you’re going to break your bloody neck, you can do it by yourself.’
From the cockpit, Josh had yelled his last order. ‘Don’t you dare take the car.’
‘Don’t worry. I’ll bloody walk back.’
They had been his parting words.
The plane had barely made it into the air before it had shuddered and begun to fall. Will had seen everything from the road.
So many times in the years that followed, he’d regretted his actions that morning.
He’d washed his hands of his brother, turned his back on him, but he should have stood up to Josh, should have found a way to stop him.
But then again, no one, not even their father had been able to stop Josh when he’d set his mind on a goal.
Lucy wouldn’t have stood a chance either.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
THE NEXT morning, Lucy knew the worst.
She sent Will a text message.
Thanks for your help, but sorry, no luck. We’re not going to be parents. L x
She felt guilty about texting him rather than speaking to him, but she was afraid she’d start blubbing if she’d tried explain over the phone.
If Will’s parents were nearby when he took the call, it would be really awkward for him to have to deal with a crying female who wasn’t actually his girlfriend.
But it was a Saturday morning and she wasn’t working, so she wasn’t totally surprised when Will turned up on her doorstep within twenty minutes.
She hadn’t seen him in a fortnight and when she opened her door and saw him standing there with his heartthrob smile and blue-jeans-sexiness she felt a sweet, shivery ache from her breastbone to her toes.
‘I guess you got my text,’ she said.
Will nodded. ‘I’m really sorry about your news, Lucy. It’s rotten luck.’
She quickly bit her lower lip to stop it from trembling and somehow, she refrained from flinging her arms around Will andsobbing all over him, even though it was exactly what she needed to do.
Instead she took two hasty steps back, tried for an offhand shrug. ‘I guess it wasn’t meant to happen.’
Will shook his head. ‘I can’t believe that.’
Her attempt to smile felt exceptionally shaky.
As they went through to the kitchen, she couldn’t help remembering the last time they were here together onthatnight.
‘I should warn you, Will, I’m rather fragile this morning.’ Her hands fluttered in a gesture of helplessness. ‘Hormones and disappointment can be a messy combination.’
‘Maybe we were expecting too much, hoping it would all happen the first time.’
