The Widow's Husband: A completely gripping psychological thriller full of nail-biting suspense by Lesley Sanderson

Author:Lesley Sanderson [Sanderson, Lesley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bookouture

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Tom engaged a solicitor because he likes to have clarity; that way he can take control of at least some parts of his life. It’s a relief to have no mortgage, having unexpectedly inherited the house from his parents early in his twenties. He’d rather they were still with him, spending their hard-earned savings on cruises and holidays, or on spoiling their grandchildren as he knows they would have done, instead of having their lives ripped away from them in the car accident that ended his swimming career. Swimming was his father’s dream, and something they had always shared, and Tom couldn’t go near a pool for over a year after his death. Besides, he wasn’t as talented as his father had believed, and he’d never have won an Olympic medal – he’d known that for a long time. He hopes his boy will inherit his talent for swimming.

He could offer to help Rachel financially to get her out of the house, although that would mean uprooting the children and seeing them having to lower their standard of living. He wouldn’t stop paying for them, of course, but she can’t continue living in the house indefinitely without paying him some sort of rent. Realistically, she’ll need to get a job, otherwise she will have to downsize and possibly move away. The area they live in is expensive. Everything in her life will change, and he’s not sure he can put her through that. But without selling the house, he won’t be able to buy a place for himself and Heidi, and that is his number one priority right now. Her flat was OK when it was used for the odd sleepover, but not for them both to live in. Already he feels like a caged animal, prowling around a tiny space, peering through the bars at the outside world that he no longer feels part of. All his money has gone on the family expenses; his earnings are no longer enough to live comfortably on. He’ll have to apply for a mortgage, or a loan, and there are always his credit cards.

He hasn’t discussed any of this with Heidi; he doesn’t want to burst the bubble of their early days together. But the truth is, he’s finding it difficult to keep it from her.

He wishes he hadn’t more or less promised Rachel that she wouldn’t have to leave the house, though the relief he saw on her face told him he’d made the right decision. Afterwards, he cried, sitting in the car in a car park where nobody he knew was likely to see him, making him feel like a criminal.

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