Chapter 28

“There will be no gist to tell,” said Caroline, although even she could hear the doubt in her voice, “

“I’m confused. Are you trying to convince me or convince yourself?”

Caroline had had enough, “Bye Kate,”

There was another round of laughter from Kate, “Fine. Goodbye. Have fun, and do everything I would do,” she said before she hung up.

Caroline stared at the phone in her hand for a few seconds. Do everything Kate would do? She knew what that meant, but there was no chance in hell that she was going to take that advice.

***

“I thought you said it wasn’t going to snow,”

“Okay, so it turns out I was wrong.” Nicholas scowled darkly as he sat behind the wheel of the Range Rover, trying to see the road ahead through the heavily falling snow.

They had set out very early that morning, stopping off somewhere for lunch before continuing the drive. It was dark as the snow began to fall softly almost as soon as they drove over the border, that