She’d booked her flight for her visit to her parents and was now trying to interest herself in some filing. It was two weeks after Christmas and she was waiting for Matthew to call to make the final arrangements for the visit he’d promised her. In spite of herself, she was very excited about going to see his old friend. She kept her feelings from Sally though. ‘You know,’ she’d said, ‘he’s just taking me so he doesn’t look like Norman No Mates. It’s nothing remotely like a date. It’s two friends going to visit an old man.’ Fortunately Sally bought this. Much as Gina was upset by Sephie’s accident, she was pleased it had diverted Sally’s attention away from her and Matthew nicely. It had also stopped Sally speculating about his divorce, which she had done occasionally since the Christmas event, when Gina had told her what Anthea had said. Gina had not passed on any more details. Part of her longed to discuss her feelings for Matthew with her sister: they rarely kept anything from one another.
