shrugged, keeping the cringing very firmly on the inside. ‘I wasn’t thinking straight. Half asleep, in fact. Disorientated. Like I said, jet lag.’
‘Not an excuse.’
‘I know.’
‘How did she take it?’
‘How do you think?’
Jake, who wasn’t nearly as good as Leo at containing his emotions, winced. ‘Did you apologise?’
‘Yes.’
‘And explain?’
‘I didn’t get the chance. She didn’t stick around.’
Now he thought about it, he hadn’t had a woman flee from him quite so fast since the excruciating afternoon exactly five years ago when Lisa had raced back down the aisle the wrong way, leaving him standing, jilted, at the altar. But he could hardly blame Abby. He’d probably been lucky to get away without a slap to the face.
‘I’m not surprised,’ said Jake.
‘Neither am I.’
There was a moment’s silence during which Jake, presumably struggling to come to terms with what had happened, gave his head a couple more shakes in disbelief. Then he sobered, fixed Leo with a look that spoke volumes and said, ‘So do you think it’s going to be a problem?’
‘Not if I can help it,’ said Leo darkly as a pair of doors swung open and dinner was announced.
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