One Night Only (138 page)

An
d
no
w
what
?
No
w
wha
t
wa
s
sh
e
suppose
d
t
o
do?
Sh
e
woul
d
g
o
bac
k
hom
e
t
o
he
r
so
n
an
d
daughte
r
who ha
d
outgrow
n
he
r
.
Sh
e
woul
d
tr
y
an
d
concentrat
e
o
n
a
busines
s
tha
t
neve
r
reall
y
wa
s
her
s
t
o
cal
l
he
r
own
.
I
t
was
Jeffre
y
wh
o
ha
d
se
t
i
t
al
l
up
.
I
t
wa
s
t
o
serv
e
al
l
hi
s
cronies
wh
o
woul
d
muc
h
rathe
r
hav
e
give
n
thei
r
business
elsewher
e
bu
t
wh
o
wer
e
to
o
afrai
d
t
o
sa
y
n
o
t
o
him
.
She
ha
d
t
o
star
t
fro
m
scratch
,
reall
y
.
Y
es
,
sh
e
ha
d
on
e
o
r
two job
s
outstandin
g
t
o
emai
l
acros
s
th
e
wate
r
,
bu
t
onc
e
that wa
s
done
,
i
t
wa
s
By
e
By
e
London
.
Sh
e
ha
d
t
o
cu
t
th
e
cord.
Sh
e
didn
’
t
wan
t
t
o
b
e
know
n
b
y
an
y
o
f
thos
e
fake
s
again
.

Sh
e
neede
d
a
ne
w
direction
,
a
ne
w
focus
.
Designing
brochure
s
an
d
website
s
wa
s
a
passio
n
sh
e
enjoye
d
bu
t
it reminde
d
he
r
o
f
th
e
dirt
y
betraya
l
he
r
husban
d
dumped o
n
he
r
.
Sh
e
remembere
d
Michael
,
th
e
gu
y
i
n
th
e
ba
r
,
and
hi
s
offe
r
o
f
a
sport
s
colum
n
o
n
horse-racing
.
No
t
even
Jeffre
y
coul
d
stee
r
he
r
awa
y
fro
m
he
r
lov
e
o
f
horse
s
and anythin
g
t
o
d
o
wit
h
the
m
stil
l
go
t
he
r
excited
.
Sh
e
would probabl
y
neve
r
hea
r
fro
m
hi
m
agai
n
though
.
Y
es
,
sh
e
had
hi
s
detail
s
and
,
yes
,
h
e
ha
d
sai
d
t
o
contac
t
hi
m
bu
t
di
d
he
reall
y
mea
n
it
?
H
e
wa
s
drinkin
g
a
t
th
e
time
.
Hell
,
he migh
t
eve
n
hav
e
bee
n
a
bi
t
th
e
wors
e
fo
r
wea
r
whe
n
he mad
e
th
e
suggestion
.
An
d
ho
w
di
d
h
e
kno
w
sh
e
coul
d
do it
?
H
e
didn
’
t
.
Sh
e
coul
d
d
o
i
t
wit
h
he
r
eye
s
closed
,
bu
t
she
wa
s
to
o
afraid
.
No
,
sh
e
woul
d
pus
h
tha
t
t
o
th
e
sid
e
for no
w
.
I
f
i
t
wa
s
mean
t
t
o
be
,
i
t
woul
d
happe
n
bu
t
sh
e
had bee
n
le
t
dow
n
i
n
th
e
pas
t
to
o
muc
h
t
o
ge
t
he
r
hope
s
up again
.

Sh
e
remembere
d
a
sayin
g
he
r
mothe
r
onc
e
tol
d
her:
T
rus
t
n
o
on
e
bu
t
yoursel
f
an
d
yo
u
wil
l
neve
r
be
disappointed
.
Oh
,
sh
e
kne
w
wha
t
sh
e
wa
s
sayin
g
when
sh
e
tol
d
a
ver
y
youn
g
Rut
h
tha
t
advice
!
He
r
mother woul
d
neve
r
,
eve
r
trus
t
he
r
again
.
T
e
n
year
s
ha
d
passed
sinc
e
tha
t
awful
,
horribl
e
da
y
whe
n
thei
r
relationship, friendshi
p
an
d
mother/daughte
r
bon
d
wa
s
burne
d
down
foreve
r
.

Sh
e
wondere
d
wha
t
he
r
mothe
r
looke
d
lik
e
no
w
.
She
wondere
d
i
f
sh
e
eve
n
kne
w
tha
t
Rut
h
wa
s
bac
k
i
n
the
plac
e
sh
e
gre
w
u
p
in
.
Sh
e
wondere
d
i
f
sh
e
woul
d
even
care
.