Un-Break my Heart: Book 2 (The Heart Trilogy) Read Online Free PDF Page B

shadows that clouded her blue eyes.

Chapter 6
     
    On Thursday morning I was up and i n Herefor d early to do the breakfast show for a change. The sun was just coming up and turning the river golden as I walked over the old bridge and int o Hereford. Smiling I let myself into the silent office and got on with things, knowing that it would be a little while before any of the other’s appeared.
     
    The time flew by as I covered all of Paul’s usual competitions and I soon handed over to him and spotted Sarah already waiting in the office.
    “So where shall we head first then” she said.
    “Coffee so we can plan our attack” I replied. I waved goodbye and headed out into the warm but slightly overcast day. After browsing around Monsoon we headed for TK Maxx and I soon found some nice dresses that were not going to break the bank. Then it was Ann Summers for the all important underwear. There was such a huge array of different styles and colours and I wandered around empty handed for the first few minutes. What sort of things would James like to see me in or should I just choose things that I liked and suited me?
     
    “Hey Steph, what about this” Sarah said, as she held up a lilac baby doll set. The filmy material shimmered in the shop lights like butterfly wings as I held it up against my body.
    “That’s definitely you, it will blow his socks off” Sarah giggled. I was about to hang it back up when Sarah intervened and handed it to the sales assistant hovering nearby.
    “Can you put that on the counter for us, we might be here for quite a while” she said. Satin and lace sets soon followed; bras, briefs and thongs in black, white and pink. I thought back to the black and white satin set that he had bought me for my seventeenth birthday and I grabbed some stockings and a suspender belt too. Between the two of us the cash till rang and as we left the shop Sarah grabbed my hand.
    “This is such fun! we should do it more often”
    “Perhaps I’ll have more cause too from now on”
     
    Over lunch in our favourite café we reminisced.
    “Do you remember the first time we saw James in the swimming pool” she asked.
    “Of course, I was so glad you invited me to go that day” I said, tucking into the lovely prawns.
    “I was so glad he had a gorgeous friend for me” Sarah laughed. I joined in and for once the memories only made me happier instead of wistful.
    “I am doing the right thing” I asked her “You know going back”
    “I think you are, especially if it makes you this happy” she said, staring at the scars on my wrists for a brief second.
    “So what have you got in store for me this afternoon then” I asked, as we walked back to my car so we could head for the spa.
    “Now that’s a surprise” she giggled.
     
    With trepidation we entered the main house at Holme Lacy; neither of us had been there before so it felt like an adventure. At reception I let Sarah do the talking as we were shown round all the facilities. In the changing room I pulled on the soft dressing gown and waited for Sarah to do the same.
    “Ok, we are going to get waxed” she said “Then massaged and then we can spend the rest of our time in the sauna, Jacuzzi and pool” I had never been waxed before but had heard that it was the best way to get rid of hair but that it was also painful. The girls in the beauty room settled us in and then went to work. After the first pull as they did my legs I soon got used to the slight pain, the waiting for it was worse.
    “Are you having the full works” the assistant asked.
    “Yes” said Sarah, before I had the chance to ask what that entailed. I looked across at her and mouthed “What’s the full works”
    “You’ll see” she giggled, as I found myself naked.
     
    As we relaxed next to each other on the massage tables I turned to look at my best friend.
    “Do you really think James will like me with only a strip of hair” I said, nervously.
    “It’s the fashion these days