Chapter 49

She felt her insides droop. Morag had her arms entwined around Rob’s Left arm as he tapped his wallet on the counter. Distracted while she talked, he was looking straight ahead at the wall of prices and cake lists with a stance that suggested he was uptight. Probably a dreadful day at work or Morag giving him a hard time over something pointless. Rose’s stomach dropped, the colour instantly draining from her face and leaving an icy coldness to spread throughout her body.

Her sudden stop caused Abby to walk right into the back of her with a massive muffled ‘Ooooft’ noise, sending Ross sprawling forward and having to grab a nearby chair to steady herself. Rose’s dad laughed and skipped around the pair, pulling her mother out of the way to avoid a further collision and making it even more obvious they were all there. Rob turned, as did Morag, to see what the weird noise was.

Locking eyes for a mere second as she straightened herself up and fixed her twisted dress, she looke