Then and Always (34 page)

“Any man—no, boy—who spends the entire night trying to look down the front of your top doesn’t deserve your number,” Caroline declared scathingly.

I sniggered, but had to admit the barman
had
spent a great deal of time talking to Amy’s chest and not her face.

“I feel sick,” said Amy, in a small shamefaced voice.

“With humiliation?” I asked jokingly.

In reply Amy gave a small heaving sound.

Caroline flicked her eyes from the road to her passenger. Even in the darkened car, on a road with no street lamps, it was obvious to see that Caroline’s humorous prediction had come true.

“Jesus, Amy. Hang on, I’ll pull over in one second. The road’s too narrow here.”

“Can’t wait,” Amy gurgled back somewhat unpleasantly.

“There’s a carrier bag on the floor by your feet,” Caroline advised.

That was the last normal moment the three of us would share
.

D
ANI
A
TKINS
is married and has two grown-up children. She lives in a four-hundred-year-old cottage in rural Hertfordshire, England, with her husband, two elderly cats, and one very excitable border collie. This is her first novel.

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