Everything to Gain and A Secret Affair by Bradford Barbara Taylor

Author:Bradford, Barbara Taylor [Bradford, Barbara Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-08-06T00:00:00+00:00

I must have fallen asleep, for I woke up with a start when I heard her voice. She was coming into the library with Hilary in her wake carrying the tea tray.

“Hello, darling,” Diana said, hurrying forward. “Are you feeling a bit better today?”

I would never feel better. But I nodded; it was the easiest thing to do.

She bent over me, kissed me on my cheek, and then went and stood with her back to the fire, as she often did, just as Andrew had done. Saying nothing, she surveyed me for a few moments. As soon as Hilary had put the tea tray down and departed, she said, “What is it, Mal? You look as if you have something to tell me.”

“I do,” I replied. “David called me a short while ago. There’s been a break in the case at last.”

“Tell me all about it!” she exclaimed. She came and sat down next to me on the sofa.

Her eyes did not leave my face as I recounted my entire conversation with David.

When I finished, her reaction was the same as mine had been. “Thank God,” she said quietly. “But it won’t bring my son and my grandchildren back to life . . .” Her voice wavered slightly, and she took a moment to regain her composure, then she added, “But at least we know that justice will be done, and that those responsible will be punished.”

“It’s small comfort,” I murmured. “But it’s better than knowing they are free.”

“And that they might kill again,” Diana said.

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