Chapter 11

• ‘Astoria! I’ve been trying to contact you all day; where on earth are you?’ Fiona demanded late on Sunday evening, when Astoria finally took the call on her mobile.
• Astoria was well aware of the fact that Fiona had been trying to reach her all day—she had just chosen not answer any of her friend’s telephone calls until now.
• Mainly because she had no idea what to say to her. Or what Fiona was going to say. Surely that all depended on whether or not Fiona was aware of Astoria’s…encounter with her brother the previous evening?