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herselfanything to eat. She wasn’t expecting anyone; it was bound to be someone trying to sell something. She ignored it, hoping that whoever it was would go away. But the bell rang again. Wearily she hauled herself up. She swung open the front door with her ‘don’t bother me’ face on, only to be confronted by Cory.
    ‘What are you doing here?’ she muttered, still smarting from their earlier encounter. ‘Shouldn’t you be drinking Pimm’s with all your ra-ra friends? Planning your next round-the-world trip?’ She knew she sounded bitter, but she couldn’t help it. She felt vulnerable and raw.
    ‘I got your address from Em. I had to see you. Can I come in?’ he said.
    When she didn’t reply, he tried again. ‘I know I must have seemed shocked when I saw you with Brooke, but it took me by surprise. I had no idea you had a daughter. But I swear, it makes no difference to how I feel about you.’
    She shrugged as if it wasn’t important to her. But as soon as Cory had shut the door he took her in his arms and hugged her. ‘I’m sorry, Liberty. Sorry for being an idiot and thinking you had a boyfriend, and sorry for not saying the right things when I saw Brooke.’
    His body against hers; the delicious clean smell of him mixed with his spicy aftershave and the scent of sun cream. She wanted him so much, but he’d hurt her badly. She didn’t feel she could trust him, his life was too different from hers. Things would never work out for them.
    Liberty pulled away. ‘Yeah, well, you really were an idiot, and you and Zara made me feel like shit. I don’t need that in my life or my daughter’s.’
    ‘I know, and I’m sorry. I fucked up. Please will you give me a second chance? I swear it won’t happen again.’
    Cory sounded so heartfelt and looked so sincere that she felt her resistance weakening.
    ‘We have this connection between us … I know you feel it too. I’ve never felt like this about anyone else before,’ he told her.
    ‘Not about what’s her name … Tash? And Zara? How do I know I can trust you?’
    ‘Because, as I think you know, this is something different.’
    From the living room Liberty could hear the sound of the TV. She should tell him to leave and never see him again. She should shut the door on him, and go back to watching TV, and getting up in the morning and going to work, and doing the same things over and over again. Or she could take a chance. She could end up getting hurt again. Really hurt. It was a risk. But Liberty knew she had to take it.
    She hesitated then said quietly, ‘Okay. A second chance. So long as you understand that my daughter will always, always come first.’
    She didn’t know if she was making the right decision, she only knew that she couldn’t be without Cory.

Chapter 5
    A brilliant month followed when Liberty saw Cory every day and even managed to stay over with him several nights a week. It was like being in a dream, a wonderful, happy dream. And forming the perfect backdrop to their romance, summer had taken hold, with days of glorious sunshine and bright blue skies and nights that were warm enough for them to drink wine and have barbecues on the beach. Even completely caught up in the moment, Liberty still had the feeling that this was going to be the summer of her life, the one she would always look back on …
    They were at that can’t-keep-their-hands-off-each-other stage, where they longed for each other, and whenever they could tumbled into Cory’s big double bed that creaked appallingly and gave them the giggles, or else made love on the battered leather sofa, slowly in the moonlight. And each time was more intense and brought them closer.
    It was still early days but Liberty felt as if she had found her soulmate, someone she could be herself with. But … and there was a but … at the back of hermind was always the nagging thought that this surely couldn’t last, that it was all too good to be true, that he would soon be gone. She