He had been born and brought up in Suffolk,and had studied estate management at university. 'Octavia stood leaning on the desk, thinking she wouldnever again be able to look at answering machine withoutfeeling sick. It had been Bob Macintosh who had alerted him to it. ''What about all these stories you hear, people startinganother company the very next day, leaving their creditorsbehind them?''Mostly apocryphal.
''Yes,' said Octavia, 'yes, I do. the day, asshe deleted her voice mail, wiped crucial information fromreports and saved things under file names which no onecould ever find. Sandy sat holding Dickon on his knee, smoothing his darkhair, trying to hush his sobs; he felt like crying himself. 'Misjudged me? What on earth is this about, Octavia?' 'I - I didn't believe that you were swimming withLauren.
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