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‘It’s not an expedition It’s meant to be a pleasurable stroll I know it’s cold, but at least we’re out in the fresh air There’s a char little café at the other side of the park and we’ll head over there soon But first I think we should take a little exercise, don’t you?’

His broad shoulders tensed as he turned round to observe her His chiselled profile was far from amused

‘That’s not very funny and I don’t appreciate the joke’

‘I’ hard, Kit frowned in apology ‘I just want you to know that even though you can’t get around like you norht now you can still have fun’

‘This is your idea of fun?’

‘Anything can be fun if you have the right attitude How about this, for instance? Make sure you’re holding on’

Taking a deep breath, she firloved hands round the wheelchair’s handles and started to run at full pelt down the path Fortunately the park was sparsely populated that , the path ide, and the only person they passed was an elderlyhis terrier As the trees, lake and the benches on the path flew by she couldn’t help laughing out loud Inside, she was suddenly filled with the kind of joy she very rarely if ever felt The discovery that it was iainst the conformity of what people expected made her want to do it more often

At first it seeh her madcap idea had stunned Hal into silence, but as she continued to push him at speed down the path, he shouted up to her, ‘You are one crazy woton Do you know that?’

‘Are you having fun now?’ she shouted back

‘Hell, yes! Can’t you go any faster?’

Kit kept her pro their way across to the other side of the park, out of breath and with her cheeks healthily pink, she took Hal to the café she’d mentioned for coffee and cake The table they selected had a wonderful view of the sparkling lake—at last the sun had started to shine, reen water shi her hands round her hot htened colour in the sculpted planes of Hal’s handso that she wished she could bottle

‘Feeling a bit warmer now?’ She smiled

‘I feel strangely like I’ve run a ly ‘Wellht—that was fun’