“Well, at least I had the chance to meet your man,” Meredith said. “I liked Steve. Brett liked him too, I could tell.” “He’s a man’s man but he socialises well. We’re very simpatici.” Meredith’s eyebrow lifted as she stared at her friend. Wearing cut-off blue jeans and a red singlet Francey looked relaxed and happy. “So, it’s the real thing? The ghosts from the past have gone?” “You bet,” Francey said with a grin, using the phrase Steve was fond of. The two days of Steve’s leave in Sydney had passed in a whirl. They’d spent as much time as they could together. Played tourist, gone to the beach, and he’d even come home for dinner the night before he left, much to the raised eyebrows of her mother and the delight of her father. Carlo had shamelessly sounded him out on his prospects, his assets and if he liked children. Remembering, her cheeks warmed becomingly. Later, Steve had laughed at her embarrassment, accepting it all in good grace. Parting at the airport the next morning had been a real wrench for both of them.
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