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Before she knew it she was back in the lorry. ”Helen tried to ignore him and stared stonily in front of her. She gazed at him despairingly. He’d gone out of his way to be kind to her after she’d split up with Billy, and she’d defied him publicly and humiliatingly, which had been a terrible blow to his ego.

Pardoe had once been Janey’s lover. Soon afterwards, as though realizing he’d gone too far, Rupert had suddenly married a gorgeous American redhead, who seemed to have had a dramatic effect on hisbehaviour. The crowd went berserk. But I did hope to see Dino.