Forgive Not Forget (The Nunswick Abbey Series Book 3): A contemporary, lesbian, village romance series by Emily Banting

Author:Emily Banting [Banting, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781915157041
Publisher: Sapphfic Publishing
Published: 2022-04-29T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 21

Anna played with the end of her pen, unable to focus on her work. She clicked the nib in and out as she stared at the office wall. The atmosphere at Abbey House had changed since Katherine’s revelation that she didn’t want to set a date just yet, or at all, which was what Anna was reading from the situation. Work had kept them occupied all week, but the situation was now beginning to stress her out.

Her Apple Watch had confirmed her heart rate was up, causing her to reach for her trusty beta blockers to quell her shortness of breath, tight chest, and racing pulse. It was how she had discovered that some of her pills were missing from the box in her dressing table drawer. Katherine was a qualified doctor. Self-medicating was hardly an issue, but the fact that she had taken them without asking was a worry. That she needed them at all was of more concern.

The following day Anna was due to look after the children for the weekend at Laura’s cottage. She’d taken Friday and Monday off work to ensure she could take Laura to the hospital and collect her. Now she was worried about leaving Katherine, who would be picking up the slack at the abbey with Carrie whilst she wasn’t there.

She just didn’t know what to do for the best. Giving Katherine more time was one option, but time for what? Time would bring a restored abbey, perhaps a restored friendship with Rebecca, but Harry was only going to get worse. These weren’t the issue; the letter was — what it had brought with it, what it had opened in her at a time when she was already at breaking point.

Anna understood more than anyone that people came with pasts, and Katherine’s was one hell of a past. Experience had taught her that once they let their pasts dominate them, control them and the ones they loved, it was a downward spiral.

A glance at the clock on the office wall told her she had thirty minutes before her potential clients were due in for a tour of Abbey Barn. Enough time to reach out to the only person who could help her. She scrolled through her contacts until she found what she was looking for. Her phone only gave a single ring, as a panicked voice answered almost immediately.

“Anna?”

“Hi, Becks.”

“What’s happened? Is she okay?”

“What? Oh, no, she’s fine. Well, no, she’s not fine.”

“Anna!”

“Sorry. I don’t know why I’ve called you; I just didn’t know what else to do. I hope I haven’t called at an inconvenient time.”

“For the love of…” Rebecca huffed. “Anna, will you just tell me what’s happened?”

“Sorry,” Anna replied, sensing her vagueness was irritating Rebecca.

“You’ve said that.”

“Oh, sorry. Oh.”

Another exasperated huff came down the line.

“She’s not herself, Becks,” Anna said, finally finding her words. “She seemed fine initially… after the letter came.” Anna was about to say ‘after you left’, but didn’t want to draw attention to the way Rebecca had walked out of the situation.

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