ELEVEN
MONKEN HADLEY, HERTFORDSHIRE FIVE DAYS EARLIER
From the front gate Kate regarded their new property with its five bays and pediment, standing facing the green and the triangular common separated by the church. It was befitting for her husband’s social status. Besides, this was the house he’d grown up in, where he’d brought her to meet his parents for the first time eighteen years ago. It felt like his house and this was a far stronger attraction than the lure of the money he could bank from its sale. There was a snag, David seemed bothered about the commuting. She’d tried to reassure him, this house was only 15 miles from his office, but they both knew very well that there was traffic and congestion to consider.
A lot was riding on settling here for Kate. She gazed with longing a
