29 Thursday 6 February
I placated Cath by deciding not to start an argument, but telling her I’d bear her suspicions in mind. The last thing I want is to push her away again.
With the funeral out of the way, it feels as if life is finally starting to get back to normal. We’ve got Cath’s wedding coming up, but other than that things are starting to settle down. Until, that is, Tom drops another bombshell on me.
‘I’ve got to go away. For work,’ he says, over dinner.
‘Oh. When?’
‘Next Saturday. The morning after the wedding. Early.’
‘Where?’
‘Japan.’
‘Wow. Okay. How long for?’
‘Only a few days. Not long.’
I nod. ‘Is this to do with the big project and the guys that got sacked?’
‘No, that was China. This is a new client we’ve just taken on. A big one, actually. They want me to go ov
