Delilah felt obscurely betrayed by the fact that Vanna was here, even though it was all explained very smoothly. She had come to England on holiday and been invited to stay with friends who by chance had rented a country house close to Fort Stirling. She hadn’t intended to visit but being in the ...
OH, GOD. Oh, fuck. What the … hell …’ There was a pounding on the door. It was loud but no louder than the racket inside Allegra’s head. The two together were almost unbearable. ‘OK, OK!’ she shouted. ‘Jesus Christ.’ She wasn’t sure where she was but, opening her eyes, realised she was back in he...
Excitement bubbles up in her every time she looks at the children, and she can hardly take her eyes off them. She is hiding it well, she believes. A lifetime of schooling herself in control and concealment has given her the gift of preventing others from knowing what she is thinking. Besides, she...