As promised, Mary arrived within ten minutes. Once inside she held us both in a three-way hug.
“Thank heavens both of you have found each other at last.”
“We’ve been living together for less than a week!” Mark protested.
“Yes, but you’ve known each other for months. When Simon here told me about when you two first met, well, I have to say, I was a bit shocked. But it couldn’t have worked out better for you two.”
We both thanked her.
“I’m sorry, Mark, about your hands, but do you think you’d have got together as soon if it wasn’t for the accident?”
“No, I think you’re right, we wouldn’t,” he admitted.
“Well, just goes to show, every cloud has a silver lining.”
“And what a lining,” I said as I embraced Mark.
“You can stop all that now I’m here.” Mary wagged her finger at us.
“Sod
