Making Sure of Sarah by Betty Neels

Author:Betty Neels [Neels, Betty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488029127
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1998-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOUR

FOR the next few days the hope that she would see Mr ter Breukel again coloured Sarah’s dull daily round. She didn’t sleep well, but each morning she got out of bed telling herself that surely he would phone her, or even come to say goodbye before he went back to Holland. And each night she went to bed and wept quietly. Not because she had hoped that they would meet again, but because he had seemed so pleased that she was, as he’d presumed, to marry Robert.

He would think nothing of her for keeping Robert up her sleeve, as it were, while accepting his friendship. And that was all it was, she reminded herself; she didn’t expect anything warmer than that, but to have him as a friend would have been a wonderful thing.

Loving someone who didn’t love you, reflected Sarah one night, mopping her eyes and blowing her small red nose, was very painful. She gave a great sniff and curled up in bed, wondering where he was and what he was doing. It was comforting, somehow, to know that somewhere out there, in the world she had so little chance of seeing much of, he would be working and eating and sleeping just as she was.

* * *

Which was exactly what he was doing. But, unlike her, he viewed the future in a different light. If Sarah was happy, if she wanted to marry this young doctor, then he would accept that, but first he had to be quite sure that this was so, and he wasn’t sure…

Unlike Sarah, his days were full; he thrust her image to the back of his mind and dealt with consultations, clinics, patients and sessions in the operating theatre, as at home in the London hospitals as he was at Arnhem. He had been a consultant at both hospitals for some years now, and came to London several times a year. Nevertheless he did have opportunities to drive to Clapham Common and see Sarah, all of which he ignored.

If she were going to marry Robert then she would have little interest in another visit from him, and the thin thread of their friendship might snap. And he must still find out more about her and Robert; only when he knew with certainty that they were to marry would he abandon his hopes for the future.

Two weeks later, on the point of his return to Arnhem, he telephoned Dr Benson, enquired as to Mr Holt’s progress and, after a brief discussion, observed with just the right amount of interest that he had met the doctor’s young partner.

Dr Benson was enthusiastic about him. ‘A good doctor, and already well liked by my patients. He’s getting married shortly—his future wife, Jennie, is a very nice girl, familiar with this area, too. They’re busy getting their flat ready. They intended to marry next year, but since they’ve found this place and he’s settled in so well there’s no reason for them not to set up home sooner.

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