able to bear the thought of you out there all alone and so far away from us. And, for the life of me, I just don’t understand how you ended up running away to sea on that damned ship and going all the way around the whole world on it!’
I took a deep breath and decided this was exactly the right time to tell her about Ethan.
‘Look, mum, if we are being honest with each other then I have something to tell you too. I wasn’t all alone out there. I have someone. I’ve met someone quite wonderful and that’s why I went on the ship. I wanted to be with him and it was the only way for us to be together.’
‘He’s a sailor?’ she gasped in horror, as if sailors were the absolute depths.
‘No. He’s not a sailor. His name is Sir Ethan Goldman and he’s a famous explorer.’
Mum’s eyes practically popped right out of her head and into her tea cup.
‘He’s a philanthropist, which means he does amazing things all over the world to help people and animals and to save the planet, and that’s why he was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen.’
Mum, who was a big fan of The Queen, was immediately smitten.
‘Oh, go on, Lorraine. Tell me some more about Sir Ethan and your trip around the world?’
As she took a seat and dunked another shortbread into yet another cup of tea, I obliged.
I explained how after first meeting Ethan in Asia, and after a month or so of us living in the Caribbean together, he had been called to an important meeting in Grand Cayman. ‘It was to discuss a high-profile project to do with climate change with the world organisations. Naturally, they all wanted Ethan heading up the team. I knew at once when he returned to me that he’d already agreed to go. And, why wouldn’t he?’
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