"Lydia," Donna hiccuped dropping the wine glass on the bar stool and staggering to her feet. "Yes?" "When are you and Adam going to make things official?" Lydia shrugged her shoulders and counted her fingers. "3rd." She said and Donna laughed shaking her head. Lia raised her glass to her mouth and frowned when nothing came out. "More wine." She yelled, shoving her glass towards Donna who shook her head and bent down in front of her."Oh no. I think you've had too much to drink already." She helped Lia up to her feet and the two giggled as they staggered around. "We've all had too much. Come on let's go find the men. Keep up Lydia." They staggered into the living room and Fernando rose to his feet. What in God's name had they been doing back there? When they got back from doing the dishes, he had wondered where they were but Liam told them Donna likes to hang out at the balcony after a meal so they concluded they were all together. "Is there some kind of secret wine stash on y

"I can't believe you left me." Blake scoffed, shooting Lia glares and she sighed. She was glad the lovely lady at the entrance had found Blake. How was she supposed to explain a missing person? The shops could get quite confusing for a first timer Donna had told her. Lia told herself to stick close to Donna until they were outside. "He is the chaperone? I remember him from the other day. You really have a thing for getting left behind." Donna said referring to the time Lia walked off to greet Adam and left Blake. Lia chuckled and shook her head. "What's the first thing we're doing?" "I was thinking we should get our nails done. I have been meaning to get them done for weeks now but I don't have time between work and Liam." Lia couldn't remember the last time she got a manicure. Her nails were in desperate need of one. "Can I get one too?" Blake asked and the two women turned to him. Donna had an amused expression on her face and Lia's expression was one of shock. "Sure." Donna

"Do we really have to do this?" Lia asked, tossing a lingerie set to the pile of things she wasn't taking. Lydia grabbed the lingerie set and tossed it back at her. "We talked about this Lia, you have to spice up your marriage." Lia rolled her eyes and grabbed a sleeveless dress off the rack, walking towards the mirror to check the fit. "You know what my marriage with Fernando is like. What if he doesn't want this?" "Why won't he?" Lydia came up behind her and touched her shoulder. "No one can resist a woman in Victoria secret, not even Fernando James." "The marriage isn't real." Lia argued and Lydia rolled her eyes. "Not from where I'm standing. That man is head over heels for you right now and you're just too blind to see it. I'm sure he's dying to touch you but he's scared." "Scared of what?" Lydia sighed and walked off, looking through the rack again. "Uhn, you! He's scared that you might push him away or reject him. Your marriage didn't have a good foundation so he's just

"You guys don't have to do this." Jane sniffed, blowing her nose as she closed the door for Lydia. As soon as Lia called Lydia, she agreed to come over and now barely thirty minutes later, she arrived with tubs of ice-cream, all in different flavours."Nonsense." Lydia said, swatting her off. "Girls need to look out for each other. Here you go, the spoon." Jane sniffed and used the tissue to soak up some stray tears. Lia couldn't believe she had kept such a big secret from her. "I love you girls so much." "I love you but I'm still mad at you." Lia told her, grabbing a tub of cookies and cream for herself. "I can't believe all this was happening and you kept it away from me." She took one large scoop and stuffed it in her mouth , frowning. "It's simple Lia." Lydia started, grabbing a tub for herself. Lia couldn't tell what flavor it was but it had nuts…it was butter pecan, she realized as Lydia took a scoop and popped it in her mouth. "You and Fernando were just getting to know eac

"Leave my bags over there." Lia ordered, closing the door behind her. Jane wasn't home so ordinarily she wouldn't have been able to get in. Thank God Jane had given her a spare key to her place some days back. "Is there anything else you'd like me to do for you Mrs. James?" Liam asked and Lia winced at the name. 'I'm not Mrs James!' She yelled inside her head but smiled at him. "No, that would be all. You can go back home now. I don't need the car." He stood still for a moment, studying her and she sighed. "I'm serious Liam, go." "But Mr James.." Lia gritted her teeth and rested her hands on the chair. "Tell Mr James I asked you to come back because I don't need the car." Lia dismissed him with her hand and walked away, heading for the bedroom.She closed the door behind her and slumped to the ground, resting against the door. *You want to know? Well here it is. Janet is dead okay? Janet Lawson is dead.*"Mum is dead. She's dead." Lia whispered to the empty room and burst out l