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hurt.”
    “And
there’s no chance of a reconciliation?” Anna asked.
    “Unfaithfulness
can rot a marriage,” said Ben.  “Even if they tried again, it would never be
the same.  Better that they divorce and start afresh.”
    “Where
is she now?”
    “She
went to live with him in an apartment in Bristol.  Jason agreed that she
should take their little girl with her,” said Ben.
    Anna
felt startled.  “Goodness, they have a daughter?”
    “Yes,
Hollie, she’s seven.  A beautiful child and the apple of her daddy’s eye,” said
Mrs Wilby.  She suddenly glanced around the kitchen.  “I really miss her coming
in here and pinching my baking before it could cool down.”
    “But
Jason will see that they’re both OK,” sighed Ben.  “Kiera will have a good
divorce settlement and Hollie will be able to stay at her private school.”
    “Does
he see his little girl often?”
    They
all nodded, but it was Sharon who explained,  “She comes to visit every Sunday
and Jason really looks forward to her visits.  But sometimes when he has to be
elsewhere or she can’t visit because of circumstances, then you just know his
heart’s breaking.”
     
    That afternoon,
Anna was keen to start work, although Sharon insisted she must be too tired
from the journey.  It was finally agreed that they would spend just a few hours
in the office so that Anna could familiarise herself with the routine.  By the
end of two hours she had regretted her hasty enthusiasm.  Her head ached, her
brain whirled from the confusion of trying to understand everything.  She felt
at home on the computer and the fax and photocopier were simple enough.  But
she wondered if she would ever sort out the intricacies of the paperwork.  By
the time they had decided to call it a day, Anna began to have doubts about her
capabilities and it crossed her mind if she had made a terrible mistake. 
Sharon, with her wonderful Irish humour, didn’t seem to care when she made an
error, but simply grinned and told her not to worry.  Anna hoped that the following
day would be better.
    After
their evening meal, she went out for a short walk in the wonderful June
sunshine in an attempt to clear her head.  She thought of Dave and wondered how
he had taken the news of her leaving.  She suspected he wouldn’t take it too
well.  And then her feelings sank as she thought of the boys and the fact she
would have to tell them soon that she no longer lived at home.  Anna breathed
in the fresh air and turned back towards the house that would be her home for
the duration.                   
     
    The next few
days seemed to fly by.  Anna concentrated her energies on learning the new
routine and to her delight, discovered she was improving.  When she eventually
completed a whole series of jobs without a single flaw, events began to take on
a new meaning.  She began to enjoy the work and as Sharon gradually
relinquished the responsibility, Anna knew her decision to come to Bristol had
been sound.  All this was valuable experience and one she wouldn’t have missed
for the world.  The invoicing, ordering and numerous phone calls became less of
an ordeal for her and as she gained in confidence, she even discovered she had
a good rapport with the office in Bristol.
    “He
sounds very nice,” Anna said to Sharon after a lengthy phone call.
    “That’s
our Mr Rhodes, Jason’s partner,” said Sharon with a twinkle in her eye. “You’ll
meet him eventually.  Very straight-laced is our Mr Rhodes.  Graham is a lot
older than Jason and does the financial side of the business.  It’s Jason who
goes to all the meetings and sorts out the contracts.  That’s why we have this
office, so that he has somewhere to work when he gets back late or at the
weekends, when the Bristol office is closed.”
    “He
seems to work very hard.”
    “He
certainly does.”
     
    As the days
progressed, Anna started operating the small Dictaphone and type the