CHAPTER 12

          The next week in London was hectic but Audrey welcomed it. She worked late every night at the hospital in an effort to begin setting the wheels in motion for an easy takeover by her replacement. Once home, she ate her dinner and then had an hour or so cleaning out cupboards and things of that nature before falling into bed about midnight. She wanted to leave the flat in pristine condition when she left.

          As promised, Audrey returned home at the weekend to help Amy with the heartrending task of sorting out her parents’ belongings and clothes. Thankfully, she saw nothing of James while she was home, but when she and Amy accepted an invitation for Sunday lunch from Anthony, Gillian Blackburn mentioned that he had taken Clarice to dinner in the previous week.

“I didn’t know he was in London.”

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