Zoe was going to be late home that evening, soMarianne went up to her room, picked up the phone nextto her rather beautiful French roll-top bed, and dialled herex-husband at his New York office. Somewhere sunny, somewhere glamorous,the Caribbean or the Bahamas. Quick, pull it out. The whole thing hadunsettled her, upset her; she felt cast adrift.
She heard him go up to their room, then along to theguest room, up to the top floor, and then his footsteps onthe stairs, coming down again, and still she didn't move. Tom had disappeared; so had herfather. 'No, I didn't, darling. Louise hadbroken all the rules: in every way.
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