“She blamed herself for Haycraft’s accident. If it was an accident. Maybe he’d meant to walk under the wheels of the wagon. She could not be sure. More likely, he had ceased to care whether he lived or died. He’d realised that he was ruined. If he had not been run over in Chancery Lane, there would have been a tragedy somewhere else on some other day. Even so, she felt guilty. Haycraft was obviously at his wits’ end. Joel Anthony had said the man was in deep, deep trouble and she had taken a dis...like to him, so she had allowed him to stare disaster in the face.Five minutes after she arrived back in Avalon Buildings, Joel paused on passing her room to ask if she was okay.‘Of course.’ She didn’t want anyone to know that she had seen what had happened. ‘Why do you ask?’‘It’s just that – you looked a bit flustered, that’s all.’ In the background, Roxanne could hear the ubiquitous piped music. Another lush ballad, ‘Make It Easy On Yourself’. ‘Haycraft didn’t try anything with you, I hope?’‘He was too far gone for that.’ The stud in Joel’s ear gleamed under the fluorescent light.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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