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days. There were one or two other friends, but they were engaged and she hadn’t been in touch with them for quite some time. As much as Arianna was happy for them, she also envied them too, wishing she had a family of her own to make plans with.
    As she turned the key in her door, she vaguely heard her landline ringing upstairs. She ran as fast as she could and picked up the call just in time. “Hello, Arianna. Sorry I wasn’t in the other night when you called. I was out with my Amateur Dramatics Society and then we went for a meal so I didn’t get home until very late. I did call you a few times but you must have been busy with your upcoming show. How are you, darling? What’s wrong? I could tell by the tone of your voice something was wrong.”
     
    Arianna felt a lump form in the back of her throat. “Oh mum, it’s Justin, he’s left me for another woman. I couldn’t believe it, mum; I never saw it coming for one minute. I thought we were okay.”
    There was a short pause before Sofia replied. “Listen to me, darling. You were always too good for Justin. I never really warmed to him, there was something shifty about him. I just couldn’t quite put my finger on it, and before you ask why didn’t I say anything, well, would you have listened to your old mum? I don’t think so. Once your mind is made up, there is no changing it, Arianna. You fell for him hook, line and sinker and no one could have persuaded you otherwise. Sometimes we mothers have to let our children make their own mistakes, as we did before you. But believe me when I say this, there is someone far more deserving of you out there, someone who will treat you like a princess and treasure you for the rest of your life. I know they exist because for many years I had such a wonderful person in your father before he passed. You too will meet yours, Arianna; just don’t let this experience harden you, okay.”
    Arianna tried her hardest to hold back the tears ; she loved her mum with all her heart and respected her more than anyone else on the planet. She could tell her mum was feeling her pain so she held off on telling her about Justin cleaning her out financially as she really didn’t want her to worry. “Mum, I love you, you are right, of course, and as always you talk complete sense. I will say this though; I won’t be running into a new relationship any time soon. It’s going to take me a while before I can trust anyone again. Look, I was wondering if maybe we could go away for a weekend nearer the summer together. It’s been a long time since we did anything like that and I was thinking maybe we could take a break to Dublin or maybe Amsterdam, have lunch, do a bit of local shopping and spend some quality time together.” Arianna let her suggestion linger in the air for a moment.
    “ That would be lovely. Dublin sounds great and it’s only a short flight too. I will search for some weekend deals to Dublin and let you know what I find next week, okay? Now, tomorrow is your big day, so give it everything you have. If I could be there, you know I would. I love you, Arianna.”
    After an hour spent on the phone to her mum, Arianna popped her takeaway into the microwave to warm it up, poured herself a large glass of wine, and headed to her living room to take up her favourite position on her comfy, oversized sofa. She popped on a movie and tucked into her Chinese takeaway. By midnight, she was spent and made her way to bed, pulling her duvet over her head and falling into a deep sleep.
    The following morning, Arianna jumped out of bed full of nervous excitement for her day ahead. There were tons of messages on her mobile phone, which she replied to quickly as she made herself a strong cup of tea to get her day started. Having spent the last few days organising the show and hanging 35 paintings, she felt pretty confident the show would be a great success. Most of the people, professional and otherwise, had responded positively to her invites