Chapter 99

The very next day after our long night of relentless love making, I woke up to a panic attack. I thought about what she said about being persecuted for the relationship. And whilst I reassured her the night before, in the bright daylight of a new day, waking up to her soft young face nestled into my chest, her supple skin, the rosy cheeks, the impossibly soft skin that speaks loudly of youth, all that was in such sharp contrast to my more hardened middle aged skin and general outlook on life that I kind of snap to the truth of her concerns.

No matter how we want to spin this, it doesn't look good to the average outsider. It doesn't look good at all. I am twice her age. I am her late mother's husband, still married on paper, we never quite finalised the separation before Kathryn met her unfortunate end and then it was too late. I am Amelia's legal guardian.

I hate to say it or even think it, but it does look predatory. I would take the brunt of it too if it got out. My money, st