The Other Side of the Story - by Marian Keyes

Author:Marian Keyes [Keyes, Marian]
Language: por
Format: epub
Published: 2010-09-06T04:48:01.656000+00:00

'Don't worry,' Jim said. 'Your secret's safe with me.' Jojo didn't know if she should believe him. She didn't know if she should trust him. She was suddenly very paranoid.

'Gotta go.' She gathered up her stuff, made a call and caught a cab to Becky and Andy's. In the taxi, her anger with Mark suddenly busted out and she thought, I'm not going to suck it up until next time I see him. So she texted, Call me.

Almost immediately he rang back.

'What's the deal with Jim Sweetman?' she asked.

'He already knew.'

'No-he-did-not. You're way off here, Mark. Maybe Jim thought he knew but until you tell him he doesn't know for sure. Capisce?'

'Jojo, he saw me outside your flat at nine-thirty last Sunday morning.'

'He did? How?'

'He was driving past.'

'Why was he doing that?'

'He lives in West Hampstead. Not so far from you. I was caught red-handed. Believe me, Jojo, try as I might, this was one situation I could not talk my way out of. I would have if I could.'

She kept it zipped. They'd taken so many risks, getting caught at some stage was inevitable. But why did it have to be by someone they worked with?

'Jim can be trusted,' Mark said.

'I sure hope so.' She could still hang him up for something. 'So why didn't you tell me he knew?'

'I did.' He sounded confused. 'I emailed you. As soon as he'd left my office.'

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'What time?'

'Four, four-thirty?'

She hadn't checked her emails. In celebratory, Friday mode she'd decided not to bother and had gone straight to the pub. Not like her. A mistake.

'OK.' Mark was clean. He hadn't done anything wrong. 'You're off the hook.'

'Welll! I thought you were going to read me my Miranda rights and allow me my one phone call.'

'Rights? Phone call?' She managed a laugh. 'You'd be lucky.'

'I'm so sorry I can't see you this weekend.'

'It's OK. Mazie Wyatt of the fabulous Wyatt sisters is having her thirtieth-birthday party tomorrow night. It's fancy dress. That'll keep me entertained.'

'Remind me again, which one do you have the crush on?'

'Magda. But -'

' - not in a sexual way,' they chanted together.

'Thanks for letting me know,' Mark said, suddenly very serious.

Huh?

'She's a great author and we'll be sorry to lose her.'

Cassie must have come into the room.

'See you on Monday.'

She filled Becky and Andy in on what had happened.

'Once the people in work start finding out, soon everyone's going to know,' she said.

'But it's not like you're not taking risks anyway,' Andy said. You want to be caught. Why not just do the decent thing and tell his wife before someone does it for you?'

Jojo took a deep breath. 'I'll tell you why. Because it's the shittiest thing in the world to think about breaking up a marriage. Not just the wife but the pain of his children. How're they going to get over it?'

'I dunno,' Andy said, 'but this sort of thing happens all the time. Well, a lot.'

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' This is so not me. It's like starting a war.

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