Circle of Doubt by Tracy Buchanan

Author:Tracy Buchanan [Buchanan, Tracy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-04T16:00:00+00:00

Emma walked into the school playground on Monday feeling awful. First, they’d got back from Dartmouth super late the night before after being stuck in traffic. Second, she’d been brewing a cold most of the previous day and now it was coming out in true style. Third, it was raining so hard that a huge puddle had formed at the entrance to the school, meaning the bottom of her trousers got absolutely soaked as she carried Isla over it to stop her getting wet.

Emma entered the playground and huddled under a tree as Isla ran off to play with her friends. She couldn’t even check her phone; it would get wet.

She was relieved when Shawn joined her.

‘Ah, British weather,’ he said, rolling his eyes. ‘Fraser was bending my ear about this over dinner last weekend, he reckons a storm is coming.’

‘I think it’s time to move to the Maldives then,’ Emma replied, blowing her nose with her tissue.

‘You’ve got a cold, too,’ Shawn noticed. ‘Faye’s off work feeling shite as well.’

‘Oh bless her.’

Over the rest of the week, Emma spent the five-minute wait outside school chatting to Shawn, mainly about football and the kids. Shawn always sought her out and Emma wondered if Dele had had a word with him about how lonely she felt. That was a very Dele thing to do, though it made her feel a bit embarrassed: poor Shawn having to force himself to talk to his mate’s wife. He didn’t seem to mind, though. Maybe it was refreshing for him, not being surrounded by gushing mums. Sure, Emma could see the attraction, but she definitely wasn’t one of the gushing mums. Shawn was just someone fun to talk to, and it beat standing alone while Faye recovered from her cold at home . . . or chatting to Tatjana, something she was doing her best to avoid.

On Friday morning Emma was looking forward to catching up with Faye. Shawn had told her she was better now and would be dropping the kids off. But Faye wasn’t there when the school bell rang. Maybe they were running late?

After making sure Isla got into class okay, Emma strolled towards her car, checking her phone. Lawrence was already keeping her busy with work, Myra sending haughty messages on his behalf at all hours. They were paying a nice amount, though, and Emma’s boss had been so impressed he’d given her a bonus, so it was worth it.

As she went to cross the road, someone called out her name. She turned to see it was Faye. Emma smiled.

But then she noticed the look on Faye’s face.

She was fuming!

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