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Hailey wanted Beth to take back the invitation She didn’t want to dine with him She didn’t want him to be privy to the intimacy of her faht He had been terrifically helpful and it seeh food to feed an ar smile to her lips ‘Please’

Calluht temptation for a few seconds and then succumbed ‘Sure Thanks Tom loves pizza too’

Tom cheered and startled Bridie, who protested the loss of her food supply before she found the nipple again

‘How can I help?’ Callum asked Rilla

‘You can grab some plates,’ she replied

Hailey watched in dismay as Callu that things were spinning out of her control taking a firm hold ‘So, Calluroaned out loud

Hailey didn’t taste a single ourmet pizza that was served The conversation eddied and flowed around her and she felt as if she was in the , buffeted by the ripples everyone else waswith no control over their direction

She nodded in the right places, murmured words that seemed to be required of her but inside her head her brain was spinning, sloshing from one side to the other, always a few seconds behind She felt a slight headache take up residence and shepressure

‘Are you OK?’ Callu the movement

Hailey started a little at his deep voice so close to her ear and wished again that he’d decided to sit on the other side of the lounge With her taking up one sofa and Rilla and Beth taking up the other, Calluainst the ars stretched out in front, crossed at the ankles

‘I’m fine,’ she dismissed quickly

Callum didn’t think she looked fine at all but took that as his cue to rejoin the conversation He glanced over at To in front of the television, and then returned his attention to the wo to work out the dynamics of Hailey’s fa, their verbal and non-verbal co of a very close relationship

Beth and Rilla teased Haileyaddiction, her fondness for eighties discoof short-lived boyfriends Hailey see automatically, but neither sister seemed to notice, the routine obviously familiar to them all