The Story of Our Lives by Helen Warner

Author:Helen Warner [Warner, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

‘So, I have some news…’ Sophie had waited until the children were in bed and it was just the four of them curled up in the cosy sitting room of their rented holiday cottage. They had lit the real fire in the inglenook fireplace – even though it was the middle of summer, there was a distinct chill in the breeze that blew off the sea – and drawn the heavy drapes across the pretty latticed windows.

Melissa, Emily and Amy all sat up and looked at Sophie expectantly.

‘I’m pregnant. Again.’

‘Oh, Soph, that’s fantastic news!’ Melissa threw herself at Sophie and hugged her tightly.

Amy beamed as she tucked her legs underneath her. ‘I’m pleased that having us three there hasn’t stopped you… well, you know.’ She tailed off, as a flush spread up her pale cheeks.

Sophie laughed uproariously. ‘No, of course it hasn’t. Quite the opposite, actually. Gorgeous baby George would make anyone broody.’

There was a murmur of agreement. ‘Congratulations, Sophie,’ Emily said, raising her glass of red wine. ‘How pregnant are you?’

Sophie ran her hand protectively over the nicely rounded bump she had carefully kept covered with an oversized sweater. ‘Five months. Almost twenty weeks.’

‘Well out of the danger zone,’ Emily said. ‘I’m pleased for you, Sophie.’

Sophie couldn’t stop smiling. She really felt as though everything was going to be OK this time. She was convinced that having Amy and the children living with them was the key that had unlocked whatever was causing their problems. She was so distracted by the children in particular, who were both adorable, that she sometimes even forgot to obsess over getting pregnant again.

It was Steve who had suggested she do a pregnancy test as they lay in bed one night. ‘Oh! Do you think so?’ she had replied, startled, her brain immediately whirring back through dates.

‘I do.’ Steve had propped himself up on one elbow in bed beside her. ‘Call it intuition or call it the fact that your boobs are noticeably bigger.…’

Sophie had laughed, wishing she could leap out of bed and run to the chemist right at that moment.

The next morning she bought a test on the way to work and did it as soon as she arrived. Sure enough, the blue line was clear and bold. It felt like a new beginning. A second chance.

‘So how’s Mark Bailey taken the news?’ Melissa said, bringing Sophie back to the present.

‘I still haven’t told him.’

‘And it’s not like he’d notice with everything that’s going on at the moment.…’

‘No,’ Sophie agreed. Mark was starting to make waves in America and had sold a huge format to the networks there. It meant he was spending less and less time in the UK, leaving the day-to-day running of it all to Sophie.

‘What will he do without you?’ Melissa sat up and leaned forward.

Sophie considered for a moment. ‘He’ll have to either find someone to take over while I’m on maternity leave or come back and do it himself.’

‘I could do it?’ Melissa said, with a slightly embarrassed laugh but Sophie could see that she wasn’t joking.

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