You And Me, Always by Jill Mansell

Author:Jill Mansell [Jill Mansell]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781472208903
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2016-01-28T05:00:00+00:00

Dan woke up at 6.30 the next morning. Sean and Will were both upstairs asleep. He left a note on the coffee table: Don’t worry, I’m still alive. Many thanks for last night. D. P.S. Remember, just between us.

As he let himself out of the house, it occurred to him that anyone else catching sight of the note might think they’d had a threesome.

Limping along like Long John Silver, he paused outside the cottage and decided to head on down to the high street. The newsagent would be open; he wanted to pick up a couple of papers, and they sold painkillers too.

In the newsagent’s he flicked casually – one-handedly – through some of the papers, not even admitting to himself what he was looking for.

Until he turned a page and saw the huge photo captioned: This could be The One, says Eddie.

Then he really wished he hadn’t bothered.

‘Oh my goodness,’ said a blonde girl, grinning across at him as she picked a copy of Heat magazine off the rack. ‘You’ve been in the wars!’

She was young, pretty, clearly interested. There was a fuchsia-pink streak in her hair. Out of sheer habit, Dan flashed a brief smile in return. ‘You should see the other guy.’

‘I can imagine. Wow, that’s what I call a black eye. Is it really painful?’

Not nearly as painful as looking at pictures of Lily with Eddie Tessler.

‘I’m managing.’ He wondered idly who she was.

‘I’m Shaz. Hi. Saw you looking at that photo just then. If you’re from around here, you must know Lily.’

Dan no longer needed to wonder. She was a journalist. ‘Sorry, I can’t help you.’

‘Oh that’s a shame. It’s such a great story, real Cinderella stuff.’ Shaz’s eyes were bright as she said playfully, ‘Now you’re making me wonder if she’s an ex-girlfriend of yours!’

Dan shook his head. ‘No.’ Limping over to the counter with the newspaper tucked under his arm, he asked Ted Wilson for a packet of paracetamol, paid for both items and made to leave. As he reached the door, he heard Ted say to Shaz, ‘If you want to know about Lily, I can tell you everything you need.’

‘You can?’ Shaz perked right up. ‘Well that’s fantastic.’

‘I mean, you’ll pay, will you?’

‘Depending on the information, we can certainly negotiate a price.’ Shaz nodded so vigorously her earrings jangled.

Dan turned in the doorway and raised his eyebrows at Ted, who had only moved into the village a couple of years ago.

‘What?’ said Ted defensively. ‘If I don’t do it, someone else will.’

‘Exactly,’ said Shaz.

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