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Her hand went to her shoulder.
“Go on,” Emmy said. “Have a go.”
Hugh’s gaze shifted to his daughter. “Allie used to play professionally.”
“Really?” Emmy beamed. “You have to show us then.”
With a sigh, Allie took the club from Hugh, enjoying the way his fingers brushed hers as she did so. “One shot,” she said with a reproachful look.
“Make it a good one then,” Hugh replied as he retreated to stand with Emmy.
Allie got herself into position, then frowned down at the club. “These need replacing,” she said. “The grip’s horrible.”
“Worked fine for me,” Hugh said smugly.
Allie shook her head, then inhaled deeply as she looked out at the grass then down at the ball. Having fully expected pain, the ease of her swing came as a surprise as she clipped the ball in a perfect arc. Vaguely, she was aware of Hugh and Emmy exclaiming behind her, but she couldn’t take her eyes from the ball as it plopped down in the distance.
“Not bad,” Hugh said, his hand landing on her shoulder to break Allie’s trance.
“It was a really good hit,” she said, her voice sounding strange in her ears.
“You didn’t hurt your shoulder, did you?” Hugh eyed her with concern.
“No.” She shook her head. “It’s fine.” Totally fine. Which felt very strange.
“Your turn again,” she said, swallowing hard as she handed the club to Emmy.
“Is everything all right?” Hugh asked as they gave Emmy some space.
“Yes.” She scratched at her temple. “I just wasn’t sure I’d ever be able to do that again. It was my favourite thing in the world and now …” She forced a smile. “I mean, one swing doesn’t mean anything but … it felt good. That’s all.” Actually, that wasn’t all. She felt a lot better than just good.
The door swung open and Daisy stuck her head out. “You’ve got like five minutes, okay?”
“Yeah, thanks.” Allie kept her eyes on the door after it swung closed behind Daisy.
“How long are you going to keep your secret from everyone here?” Hugh asked quietly.
“Not long,” she said, her eyes not leaving the door. “I’ll tell everyone soon.”
First, she needed to figure out which member of staff had been stealing money from them for the last year. And how on earth they’d been getting away with it.
CHAPTER 41
Confronting Daisy that evening wasn’t something Allie had planned. But when she said goodnight to Hugh and Emmy and found the rest of the staff had left, she had the urge to seize the opportunity for a chat.
Still, she wasn’t entirely sure how to go about it.
“You can go,” Daisy said impatiently while Allie loitered by the reception desk. “I just need to do a quick walk around and make sure all the lights are off and everything is in order.”
“Do you often lock up on your own?” Allie asked, wondering just how much access Daisy had to the business. Could she let herself into the office and have access to Kevin’s computer? His email account? It seemed unlikely that Daisy could get away with emailing Phil as Kevin without ever getting caught out … but also not impossible.
“Sometimes,” Daisy said with a sigh. “I’m really tired. Could you do me a favour and let me get on instead of holding me up with questions?”
Allie locked eyes with Daisy, as though she might find the truth there.
“I have another question,” she said just as Daisy began to walk away.
With a sigh, Daisy slowly turned back to Allie.
