Before I Let You In by Jenny Blackhurst

Author:Jenny Blackhurst
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2016-08-27T16:00:00+00:00

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Karen

‘My patient today, the one who is sleeping with the married man?’ Karen had tried to say it casually, but Michael had given her that look, the one he got when she was obsessing over something he didn’t understand. He let out a small sigh, one you’d barely notice unless you knew it was coming. After the reaction she’d had from Bea that afternoon, though, she desperately needed to speak to someone about what was going on. For a minute it had looked as though she had an ally in Eleanor, but after Bea’s little speech she’d shut down and hadn’t wanted to talk about it any more. She’d texted Karen after they’d left to ask if her crazy patient had anything to do with what she’d told her about Adam. Karen had just replied, As soon as I can tell you more I will. Xx

‘Yes?’

‘She let slip the name of the guy she’s seeing. I don’t think she even realised she’d said anything and she denied it straight away but I know I heard it.’

‘But you’re not allowed to tell me. Patient confidentiality and all that, yes?’

‘Well she didn’t say his last name, so I don’t see how you could identify him.’

‘Then what’s the newsflash? There must be something in this or we wouldn’t be discussing it instead of …’ He gave her the look, and she knew exactly what he’d rather be doing.

‘No, you’re right.’ She snuggled in closer to him and he ran a warm hand over her hip. ‘It’s just a bit weird, because his name is Adam.’

‘And that’s weird because …? Wait, let me guess, Cosmo voted men with the name Adam least likely to have affairs with mentally challenged young women?’

‘Stop being an arse. I just thought it was strange because, y’know, Eleanor’s Adam?’

Michael grinned, and she knew that he wasn’t about to agree that Jessica must be sleeping with her best friend’s husband based on his name.

‘Well you do know that Adam is one of the least common names in the UK, don’t you? For example, when I was growing up there were only three Adams in my whole year group, only about eight or nine in the entire school. With odds like that, I can understand your suspicion.’

Karen was sure she was supposed to feel silly at his acute observational humour, but all she felt was annoyed. Tell him the rest … ‘His wife has just had a baby. Eleanor has just had a baby.’

‘In that case I really don’t know what to say.’ Michael tried to keep his face straight, but she knew he wasn’t being serious. ‘Because I feel like I just used up all my good sarcasm on the name thing.’

She wanted to tell him about seeing the two of them together, but Eleanor hadn’t believed her and she couldn’t be bothered to try and convince Michael as well. He clearly couldn’t care less about her concerns over Jessica Hamilton. She knew unequivocally what she’d seen and what was going on, but it didn’t seem that anyone else was going to take her word for it.

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