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    She left the office in a daze and it wasn’t until they were outside in the sunlight that she realised she didn’t have a clue where she was heading. She felt suddenly adrift as though at any moment a small breeze might tip her world upside down. Needing some air and some space to breathe she took Melissa to a nearby park and watched from a bench as she played. Some other kids joined in playing games and Lilly sat there watching as her brain raced with all the thoughts jumbling about.
    Surely she couldn’t be considering his offer. Yet what other choice did she have? She could approach her father but it was doubtful he would help her and he definitely wouldn’t if he found out who the money was really for. He had already prevented her mother from benefitting in any way from the divorce so it was unlikely he would help. Which left her with nowhere else to turn but Connor.
    She was still debating the issue when she arrived back at her house with Melissa and long after Melissa had eaten tea and been tucked in to bed. She should be exhausted after not sleeping all night and running after an energetic four year old all day yet Lilly found that she couldn’t sleep. Instead she lay in bed tossing and turning as she tried to relax and fall in to the oblivion that sleep offered.
    She had heard from her mother several times during the day and though David was conscious he wasn’t out of the woods completely. Just the thought that it could be Melissa or her mother in that hospital was enough to make her consider Connor’s offer though she hated herself for doing it. She knew that he was their only option yet she really didn’t want it to be true. Unfortunately she had no savings and her stepsisters lived wage to wage so they wouldn’t have any to spare which meant that whether she wanted to consider it or not Connor’s offer was the only one on the table.
    Lilly was up before dawn the next morning. She had slept maybe an hour all night and she felt the worse for wear but her thoughts were in turmoil. She only had until eleven to decide what she was going to do. Much as she wanted to throw his offer back in his smug face she knew that it might be the only offer she would have.
    Just before eleven she dialled the number with numb fingers and waited with increasing tension as it rang. Several times she thought about hanging back up but in the end she knew that she didn’t have a choice.
    “Hello?”
    “It’s Lilly,” she said with a sense of déjà vu.
    “What is your decision?” he asked in a bored tone as though it didn’t really matter to him one way or another whereas this decision was the hardest one she had ever made.
    “Yes damn you,” she snapped and could almost see his smug smile.
    “I have contracts for you to sign,” he said suddenly all business and she frowned.
    “What contracts?” she asked in confusion and heard his husky laugh.
    “You didn’t think that I would simply hand over the money without some sort of assurance that you won’t just walk away once your family are out of danger,” he said and she sucked in a stunned breath. He was accusing her of being the untrustworthy one?
    “I wouldn’t go back on my word,” she said fiercely.
    “I find that hard to believe after all the evidence to the contrary,” Connor replied and she dug her nails in to the palm of her hand. He was actually suggesting that she was untrustworthy when he was the one who had cheated? Unbelievable.
    “I don’t have time to sign any contracts. I’m busy,” she told him furiously and he sighed.
    “No problem. I’ll have them bought to you,” he said as though he were making huge sacrifices by even going to that trouble.
    “Fine,” Lilly said and then she hung up feeling utterly exhausted.
    Melissa was playing with her dolls in the bedroom by the time the knock sounded at the door announcing the arrival of the contracts. Lilly answered quickly hoping not to disturb her and was stunned when instead