CHAPTER 5
With Chelsea, Jessica, Carla and the baby gone, the emptiness of the house hit Stacey. She knew that everything that had happened was real, including the fact that Brendon had abandoned not only herself but also Jessica, her little girl and newly born baby. Saturday seemed worse than the weekdays for it was usually a day she switched off from her principalship duties and just relaxed. It was also a day when Brendon and herself would do things together. In summer they would walk the many trails through the Wellington hills, in summer go swimming in one of the bays or, if wet, visit a museum or just go shopping together in the centre of town.
She frowned when she realised that this was several years back when all this happened. On hindsight she now realised that after he married
