A Mother's Secret by Minna Howard

Author:Minna Howard [Howard, Minna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781789541571
Publisher: Head of Zeus

TWENTY-THREE

Nathan arrived home late on Sunday night. The plane had been delayed so he wasn’t sure when he would get in, and he’d told Verity he’d take a taxi from the airport and not to come out for him. She opened the door to him, feeling slightly shy, wondering how pleased he was to be home and back with her.

He dropped a kiss near her left ear and sighed. ‘Oh, it’s good to be home, back in London.’ He pushed his suitcase into the hall and took off his coat.

‘Was it dreadful? Especially the culprit being a friend?’ she asked, warning herself not to swamp him, he must be exhausted after the long flight, and the time difference. Before he could answer, Delia came downstairs. She’d gone to bed but couldn’t sleep until she knew her darling boy was safely back.

Of course, she was his mother and she loved him, but Verity wished it was just the two of them, Nathan and her, alone together for the night, hopefully finding their way back to each other. He was all topsy-turvy and edgy with the time difference and his mother’s fussing round was the last thing he needed. It was a relief when Delia, seeing him yawn, insisted that he go up to bed as if he were still a child.

‘I suppose I’d better make plans to meet this daughter,’ Nathan said the next morning, as he and Verity were having breakfast together.

‘I told her you were arriving back today, and she said she’d wait for you to contact her as you probably wanted to settle back home for a few days.’ She lowered her voice and came closer to him as they could hear his mother coming down the stairs. ‘As you’ve gathered, Delia does not approve of her. She’s convinced that Saskia is not yours, really because she doesn’t want to think of you being taken in like that.’

He sighed. ‘Well, we’ll see, but if she is mine, I will be responsible for her. She may be an adult, but then there’s this baby.’ He smiled ruefully. ‘It seems like it runs in the family, but I don’t feel old enough to be a grandfather.’

‘You certainly don’t look it.’ She leant close to him a moment, wishing he would be how he used to be and show her he loved her. But she mustn’t imagine their marriage was in trouble, he was just exhausted.

She wished she didn’t have to go into work and have to deal with Justin and his father. She’d told Nathan a little about this and if only she could take the day off to stay at home with him.

‘Tony, my boss, is understanding, and protective of his staff and has a way of soothing the parents when they panic over their children, but I’m afraid that someone like Mark Gilmore makes it sound as if it is the tutor that’s at fault, not his child,’ she told him.

Delia, bustling in, overheard her complaining about the Gilmores and sprang to their defence.

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