mother? Here in the village?’
‘Looks like it.’
‘Well! Can’t say I blame her … but I can’t imagine who it might be.’
Olly nodded, doodling with his pen absentmindedly. ‘Neither can I. But I want to help her if I can.’
‘You like her, don’t you?’
‘Dad!’ he warned. ‘Don’t start.’
‘I’m not starting,’ he replied innocently. ‘Just encouraging you.’
‘Let me get this straight. You’d want to see me with a woman like Lula?’ He almost couldn’t believe his ears. His father was the most strait-laced man he knew!
‘Why not?’
‘Well, because she’s …’
‘She’s what?’
Olly wasn’t sure how to answer him. ‘Out there!’
‘She’s just what you need. After all that business with Rachel.’
As if he needed reminding. That had been a really dark time. Rachel had barged into his life like a wrecking ball and left just as much devastation behind.
Would Lula do the same?
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