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Chapter Eighteen
Alice Henderson unlocked her front door and went back to the car to unload it. The boot contained a few bottles of wine, French cuisine and gifts for the girls. Carrying the food into the kitchen, she was astonished to see a huge display of pink and cream roses on the kitchen table. Standing beside them was a sweet card and inside she stared at the writing. So sorry to have said what I did, Alice. Please forgive me. Welcome home. Steve x.
She half-smiled. ‘But not, Emily. Ah, well, we can’t have everything, can we? I need a cuppa.’
Gathering the post from the table and taking her tea into the lounge, she sat down to open her mail. The first was
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