I’d rather die than do any such thing now. All I want is to see the back of you, once and for all.’
‘Which suits me fine. Goodbye, Lily, I wish I could say it’s been fun.’
He sketched a small, mocking bow before turning on his heel.
Mutely Lily watched him go, past knowing what she felt, torn between relief and bitter despair. He was almost at the door when he paused and slowly turned back.
‘You were right, of course, darling. I am a bastard. But perhaps you should ask yourself how I came to be that way.’
‘I don’t care! I don’t want to know—I don’t want to know anything about you! For one thing, how would I be able to tell what was the truth and what was lies?’
‘The truth.’ It was a harshly cynical laugh, totally devoid of humour. ‘Oh, yes, the truth. Well, Lily my love, if you want the whole truth it’s not me you should come to. You see, that question you were so upset about is only one small part of things. If you want to know the whole story then you really should ask your brother—if he’ll tell you. Now this time I really am going.’
And this time she let him go. She had to. There was nothing else that she could do.
As she stood and watched him walk away, saw him climb into his car and start the engine with a roar that spoke of a mood far removed from his usual calm control, the clock in the hallway struck the hour again.
Lily dug her teeth down hard into her bottom lip, refusing to let the tears fall until Ronan was out of sight.
It was twelve o’clock. At this time yesterday she had stood on the steps of the church, smiling and happy, her brand-new husband at her side. She had been his wife for just twenty-four hours and now it was all over.
High above her head, the sun was shining in the clear blue sky. It was a perfect spring day. A perfect day on which to start what should have been a perfect married life. Instead it was the day that marked the end of her marriage before it had even begun.
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