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She gave a woeful little smile. “You’re not you. I’m agreeing with whoever you are now.”
He shook his head, the ache reduced, but still fuzzy. “So you’re going to leave.”
She adjusted the collar of her shirt. He was starting to burn up and she was fussing about her appearance. “Unless you change your mind, yes.”
“I’m not changing my mind.” He’d put her in a hotel till she could get a flight.
“So the decision is made.” Leave no room for her to wriggle a stay of execution.
“Yes.” Jiao stepped out from behind the kitchen bench. She headed into the living room. She called out, “What happened to Blondie?”
Will swivelled around on the stool to face the living room doorway. “Darcy? I guess she went back to Sydney.”
“You let her go.”
“She lives there.”
“Will.”
He got off the stool and walked into the room. “Better for her.”
“Because you don’t love her anymore?”
“That’s right.”
Jiao grinned, her eyes glittered. “I said that woman would ruin you. It’s good to be right.”
He frowned. “She didn’t ruin me.”
“What then?”
“I chose to set her free. It’s better for her.”
“You mean better for you.”
He sat on the butter soft leather sofa. “Yeah. Anything wrong with that?”
She was packing away her iPad. She looked up. “Your life, Will.”
Yes it was. His to rebuild any way he wanted.
“Dr Yang says you need rest and no stress, and you should remember your languages. He says the dyslexia isn’t part of the brain swelling, there is no physical cause. It’s psychosomatic. An entirely emotional problem.”
Will shook his head, felt a jangle of pain and wished he’d kept still. “You spoke to Yang?”
“Regularly.”
He watched Jiao move around the living room, picking up items and putting them in an oversized handbag. She really was going to leave.
“Why is Peter in Sydney?”
She packed a phone charger. “Maybe he’s gone after Blondie. He always wanted what was yours.”
“Funny. Do you know why he’s there?”
“Yes.” She hefted the bag and put it over her shoulder.
“And?”
