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ruined her future?  
     “Are
you going to see that counsellor I recommended?” said Elaine, breaking into
Anna’s melancholy thoughts.
    “I
don’t think so. Doesn’t seem to be any point.”
    “Look
Anna, I know you and Dave are still having problems.  Please go and see her!”
    “No,
I’m not going to wash my dirty linen in public!  We’ll sort ourselves out,”
said Anna adamantly.
    Elaine
gave a resigned sigh.  She always knew when she was beaten and decided to
change the subject for the rest of Anna’s visit.
       
    Anna drove home,
her mind filled with conflicting emotions.  She needed to ring Sharon, but as
yet had done nothing about it.  It was as if she was still hanging onto the
dream, the hope of a better life.  There was no denying that working for Jason
Harrington would have been terrific experience, but it had come at the wrong
time.  How could she leave the boys just as they were sitting such important
exams?  She should be there to see them off to Romania.  And when they
returned, she wanted to be around when they collected their exam results,
before their departure for university.    
    For
all that she distrusted Dave, her husband worked hard in his career as a
structural engineer, often called to meetings until the late evening and his
success had meant a move for the family to the more affluent area of Sandal and
to a house that even her mother admired.  But she hadn’t thought married life
would turn out like this.  When the twins were placed in her arms she had
smiled at them and made her plans.  There was no reason why she couldn’t have
it all, motherhood and a career.  She would care for her boys and when the time
was right she would go to university and get her degree.  But the years had
flown by and by the time she reached her thirties she had started to panic.
    Elaine
was right, she and Dave had had problems from the start of their marriage and
it was senseless to say that everything was OK.  For a while she had ignored
the difficulties, concentrating on her plan to study at college and mastering
typing and office administration, getting excellent grades.  The certificate
she had earned for all her hard work had filled her with a certain amount of
satisfaction.  Her work in the Prison Service had been satisfactory and her
four years at the local primary as school secretary had been rewarding.  But
all she achieved, couldn’t erase the fact that her husband had a roving
eye.    
    Sighing
rebelliously, she pulled into the drive and jumped out of the car.  She took
the shopping from the boot and carried it into the house, dropping it onto the
kitchen table.  Pulling her tongue out at the pile of ironing, she started
sorting the shopping before thrusting yet another load of washing into the
machine.
    As
she waited for the kettle to boil, she reached inside her bag and pulled out
the newspaper cutting. She had seen the job advert when the boys had finished
school for the Easter holidays.  Even now, reading it again, made her smile. 
The advert had appealed to her immediately, although she realised it was a long
way to go for a job interview.  It was after the third reading that Anna had
had the crazy idea of applying.  It would be an experiment.  Not for one moment
did she think she would get an interview, but that didn’t seem to matter at the
time.  All she wanted was to give it a try.  She would send them a CV and leave
it at that.  
    She
had used the computer in Martyn’s bedroom, trying to ignore her elder son’s
domain that resembled a battle zone.  Christopher was a lot tidier, for all he
was just ten minutes younger than his brother.  They were not identical twins
and their personalities were very different, even though they were devoted to
each other.  And yet Anna hadn’t been surprised when they had chosen different
universities.  She knew they felt it was time to go their separate ways.
    It
was while sitting at the computer that