The next morning, while she was getting dressed for work, Hope’s phone rang. It was Charles. “I’m outside the gate,” he said. Hope frowned, confused. “You’re here? I don’t understand.” She heard him sigh. “Hope… I’m sorry about yesterday. I want to talk.” “Talk?” “And maybe try again?” Try again? Hope wanted to refuse. She should. The silence stretched. She imagined him sitting outside in his car, waiting. She imagined telling …
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Chapter 7 – The Only One.
Hope tried not to feel bad about the snub from Daniel Amadi, but she thought about it throughout the drive home after work. He’d practically looked through her, and it rankled. It really did. At home, she had dinner with her parents and half-listened to them as they discussed politics while the evening news was on. Her father was on with one of his lectures again, talking about the ‘coup of the five majors’ and its implications while her …
Chapter 6 – The Only One.
After Daniel Amadi left the party, Hope found that somehow, she had lost the ability to enjoy the music, the food, or even Charles’s company, and she knew deep down that it was because of that look, that expression of realisation she’d seen on Daniel’s face. And he had been wrong! He’d probably assumed that her being here with Charles meant that they were lovers, that she’d lied to him earlier about spending the evening with an old friend. His …