Gutted for Lucy, and furious with her father. If Lucy didn’t manage to silence him soon, then he was going to, because this couldn’t be allowed to go on. Tremayne could think what the hell he liked about him, but he wasn’t going to go spreading it around the county like that. How he hadn’t hit him he had no idea. He called the solicitor on the way to the supermarket, not really expecting him to be at work still, but to his surprise Simon answered. ‘Hi. You’re working late. It’s Ben Carter—I just wondered if there was any news.’ ‘Oh, hi, Ben. It’s all done,’ Simon said, to his surprise. ‘Actually, I was just going to call you on my way out of the office. I’ve had confirmation in writing that the purchaser’s quite happy for you to continue to live in your present house and rent it from him until the end of February, if necessary, so as you instructed I’ve gone ahead and completed on both houses today. The Orchard Way house is sold, and Tregorran House is yours.
