throwing a spanner in the works at this late stage. Especially when Wendy seems to have some . . . well . . . doubts about Frederick – not that she doesn’t love him, but that she thinks he’s too good for her, that he’s too posh to be with her, somehow.’
‘I’m a little concerned, too,’ admitted Sal, ‘about how she said it’s been such a whirlwind they might not know each other properly, and whether she’ll fit in with his family . . . especially now she’s met Tamsin.’
‘So what do we do?’ asked Rose. ‘We can’t blindfold Wendy to stop her clapping eyes on Steve. We can’t keep shoving her through doors like we’re in a West End farce!’
‘We’ll just have to do our best,’ said Sal. ‘If we spot him, we distract her. If he appears on our radar, we walk the other way. He might not even be around much, if he owns the place.’
‘True,’ said JoJo. Then, ‘Oh God,’ she muttered, stopping in her tracks. They had reached the entrance to the bar. Rose could just about make out Wendy and Tamsin at the far end, sitting on a plush sofa. ‘I’ve just had another horrifying thought. You know what Wendy was saying about Frederick, how they’re chalk and cheese, essentially . . . Well, she and Steve were chalk and chalk. Remember they kept saying they had an affinity because they’d both gone to state school and they both liked revolting food like pies from a tin and Ginsters pasties?’
‘Oh, that bloody affinity!’ exclaimed Sal. ‘And all that pastry – used to drive me nuts! Yes, I remember. They used to stand on a figurative soap box together, drinking pints of cider and black, and blather on about how marvellous the comprehensive system was. Good God!’ She tucked a short strand of hair contemplatively behind one ear. ‘All the more reason, then, that we try to keep them apart. We don’t want her comparing the two, starting to think Frederick’s not the man for her, if she already feels insecure about him. We’ve met him – he’s perfect
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