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mouth. He
washed them down with a large gulp of his lager. I felt my eyes
welling up and I hoped he wouldn’t notice. This was painful. It was
almost as painful as that Thursday night.
    Without
looking at me he took his coat from his chair and said, ‘I’ll drive
you home, then.’
    It was
total silence in the car. I turned my head away and looked out of
the passenger window through teary eyes. I didn’t want him to see I
was upset. If he saw how vulnerable I was he would only hurt me
more. When I saw my street sign I felt tingles in my stomach, pure
pain as I stepped out of the car without looking at him. I heard
the engine rev loudly and the screech of his wheels as he pulled
away. I rushed upstairs before my mum could see I was upset and
threw myself on my bed. I couldn’t believe how upset I was. It was
only a bit of fun. I wasn’t in love with him, I loved my old Mark.
I was just crying because he was a friend and I felt guilty, that
was it. That had to be it. At least I wouldn’t feel guilty now when
I met my Mark on Friday.
     

Chapter
Twelve
Rumours
     
    I’d decided to
go into town on my lunch break to find something new to wear for
Friday. I’d just stepped into my local boutique when my mobile
started ringing. It was Claire. What could she want? She hardly
ever phoned during lunch- she was usually too busy. ‘Hello?’
    ‘ Terri,
babes, I’m so glad I caught you. Have you accidently bumped into
Mark yet?’
    ‘Didn’t you get
my text? I’m meeting him on Friday. He phoned me when I was at
yours the other night.’
    ‘What text? I
didn’t get any text? You can’t meet him, that’s why I’m
phoning.’
    ‘What are you
on about?’
    ‘Well, you know
those rumours about your boss getting back with her husband and
everything, ‘cause he missed her?’
    ‘Yeah.’
    ‘ Well
Fiona got it wrong the stupid cow – it was the other way round! Mia
cheated on her husband and he threw her out. They’re not back
together at all!’
    ‘I know that!
She’s emigrating.’ Oops, I realized that was supposed to be a
secret. ‘Don’t say anything though, it’s a secret.’
    ‘That’s no
secret. I knew that. She’s going to New York with her
boyfriend.’
    My heart sunk.
‘So she’s going abroad with the man she cheated on her husband
with?’
    ‘ Yeah.
Look, I’m sorry. It doesn’t mean Mark doesn’t want you back,
though.’
    ‘He must do,
otherwise why did he arrange to meet me?’
    ‘I don’t know.
All I’m saying is not to expect too much, that’s all.’
    ‘Well, thanks
for the call. I’ll phone you on Friday to let you know what’s
happened.’
    ‘You do that.
Don’t forget I’ll be in London though. My sister’s getting married
this weekend, remember?’
    ‘Oh, yeah. Give
her my best.’
    ‘ Will do,
Chou.’
    I
continued to look around the shop and I chose a pair of silk palazzo pants, which
looked so great on Claire; I’d been after a silk pair for weeks.
They were black with small white hearts on them, so I knew they’d
be slimming. I scanned the rails for a matching top and I was lucky
to set eyes on a fitted satin Basque-style top with tiny jewels for
buttons. There was no time to try them on so I took them to the
counter and paid using my credit card. Now that I was a marketing
assistant I could pay my credit card bill off on time, so a little
spending spree wouldn’t hurt. Mark was worth it. I’d already
arranged for Catherine to come round on Friday to do my hair and
make-up again, even though she was against the idea of me getting
back with Mark; but, like me she was intrigued as to why he wanted
to meet me.
    That
afternoon I sat with Mia while she showed me how to use some of the
computer packages I’d not used before. I had to
admi t, she was a great
teacher; either that or I was a great student as I picked it up so
quickly that she got through two days worth of training in one
afternoon. We spoke about her new job and she told me that she
would be working for