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‘Well, I’m sure that would trigger a full-on search for you,’ he replied. ‘I know Mum checks the internet every day. Do you know whereabouts in Australia she is?’
Sabrina shook her head.
‘Maybeyoushould contact the newspapers—’
She cut him off. ‘I can’t. And I can’t tell you why either because I don’t know.’
She dropped her head into her hands. All she had to go on were feelings, instincts, intuition, and it wasn’t enough. Shehadto remember more.
‘It must be awful for you,’ Teddy said. He thought he believed her story a little more than he did yesterday, though he wouldn’t commit wholly yet.
‘It is.’
He pulled up outside his mum’s house.
‘Thank you, Teddy,’ Sabrina said, unclipping her belt and facing him. ‘I’ll see you in the morning.’
‘’Night,’ he said. He hadn’t meant the word to sound dismissive but that’s how it came out.
She reached for the door handle and then turned back to him.
‘I know you’re concerned about your mum, she told me what happened when the last person lived in the flat but you have nothing to worry about from me. I just need to remember a little more and then I’ll be gone. Marielle has been beyond kind and I swear to you that I’ll pay her back for everything she’s done for me, somehow.’
He looked into her eyes. He couldn’t tell what colour they were in this light but they were clear and large and lovely and they really didn’t look like the eyes of someone who was out to take advantage of his mother.
‘Goodnight, Sabrina,’ he said, imbuing his tone with warmth this time. ‘Enjoy your supper. George makes the best pizzas I’ve ever tasted.’
‘Thank you, I will.’
He waited until she had opened the door to Little Moon before driving off. He hoped to god his mother was right about her.
Chapter 26
Sabrina slept a deep, dreamless sleep and it felt much later than half-past eight when she awoke. She had just dressed when she heard a knock at the adjoining door. She opened it to find Marielle there with a very apologetic look on her face.
‘I am so sorry about Friday night,’ she said. ‘I can’t remember the last time I was drunk, because let’s face it, I was… absolutely… gone.’ Sylvie would have saidbollocksed, she thought then. ‘I woke up with the most awful hangover and I couldn’t get rid of it and I had to go to bed early and—’
Sabrina interrupted her before she beat herself to a pulp. ‘Oh Marielle, please don’t worry another moment about it.’
‘It doesn’t take a lot these days to send me cuckoo. I bet I bored you to death, didn’t I?’ She looked mortally embarrassed.
‘No, you didn’t,’ replied Sabrina with emphasis. ‘You talked, and I think sometimes it’s easier to talk to a stranger than a friend.’
‘Thank you, that’s so kind of you to make me feel better,’ said Marielle, meaning it. ‘How did you get on at work yesterday?’
‘Good – at least I hope I did. It’s a great place, really nice atmosphere.’
‘I think so too.’
‘Coffee?’
‘No, I’ll let you get on. I didn’t want to interrupt you. I just wanted to say I’m sorry.’
‘No need.’ Sabrina smiled.
‘Don’t forget we have a date for the theatre tonight. We’ll set off at six-thirty.’
‘I won’t forget,’ said Sabrina. She wasn’t sure what to expect but it couldn’t do any harm and may even do some good. She needed to remember, and as hypnotherapy hadn’t worked, cleaning loos, cutting up pepperoni and visiting a psychic all had to be worth a go.
