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“Samson,” Katie explained.

“How awfully nice of your boss to take time out to go and see your horse on a Friday evening.” Her eyes were suspicious, and there was an edge to her gaze.

“Friend,” Katie said again. “Good friend.”

“I’m glad Katie is doing well at the office,” she said. “I’m glad she has the opportunity.”

“She’s excelling,” I told her. “Working very hard, and it’s paying off.”

“And you’re Katie’s direct boss are you?”

“For the duration of the training programme.”

She was weighing me up, I could feel it. I ignored the niggle in my gut.

“I’ll get changed,” Katie said, and my urge to follow her up came to nothing. I felt rooted to the spot.

Both her mother and I watched her climb the stairs, I heard a door open and then close at the top. And then her mother cast her verdict.

“You’re thespecial someone,” she said, and it wasn’t a question. “The special someoneandher boss. In my experience the two don’t mix, and Katie needs this opportunity. She deserves the opportunity to do well for herself.”

“Katie is doing very well for herself, I have no intention of that changing.”

“All good intentions,” she said, and it was barbed. “Do you have kids? Married? Divorced?”

“No,” I said, and my throat was dry. “And neither.”

She gave me a little nod. “Ok, Carl. That’s good to hear.” Her eyes seared mine. “You know Katie’s Dad?”

“I know David very well.”

“Then I trust you’ll help Katie make the best of the situation. For her sake, not his.”

“I’ll help Katie make the best of whatever situation she finds herself in. In this instance, for David’s sake as well as hers. He cares very much for her.”

“Yes,” she said. “I’m sure he does.” Her smile was back at full radiance by the time Katie made her reappearance, and I made sure to smile, too. I held out a hand.

“Pleasure to meet you, Debbie.”

She shook my hand and it was firmer this time, pointed. “Same to you, Carl.”

But I wasn’t so sure.

“Let’s go,” Katie said, and she seemed oblivious. “I want to hit some jumps, it’s been a while.”

She led the way, and I followed without a backward look. It felt so much more airy outside. I breathed it in, bleeped the Range, feeling Debbie’s gaze burning into my back.

Katie jumped in and waved her mother goodbye as we pulled away. I held up a hand, gave a smile, nothing too bright.

“Sorry,” she said. “I didn’t know whatto say. Boss came in my head first, then friend.”

“Is that the order you think of them?”

She laughed. “No, definitely not.”

My stomach was niggling again. “And that’s what we are? Close friends?”

“Aren’t we?”

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