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had confessed. 
    “But
it meant absolutely nothing,” he had said.  “You’re my wife and I love you.”
    “Then
why did you sleep with her?”
    “I’ve
no excuse.  It just happened, that’s all.” 
    At
the time, she was too weary, too burdened down with motherhood to argue and his
contrition, his reassurances that it would never happen again convinced her to
persevere with her marriage.  It was a sad fact that even if she wanted to
leave him, she would have nowhere to go, no money to live on.  She could have
taken the twins to her mother’s but her mother was seeing Greg at the time, the
man she would eventually marry and it seemed unfair to palm herself and two
small babies onto her.
    The
next time she discovered his infidelity, the boys were twelve and the incident
had spurred her on to study for qualifications and enter employment.  She had
to plan her own future, knowing that if her husband betrayed her once more then
she would leave him without a thought.
     
    The pub was full
and finding a place was difficult.  Anna wondered if going out on a Friday
night was a sensible thing to do, but Dave had insisted that a night out would
do her good.  The boys were away, he told her and they could go out when they
wanted to now.  They met Elaine and Terry inside and were relieved that two
seats had been reserved for them.  And it turned out to be a pleasant evening,
Anna finally relaxing and enjoying herself.
    “Heard
from the boys yet?” said Elaine.                  
    Anna
nodded.  “Yesterday.  Just a postcard from sunny Romania.  Seems they’re
working hard.”
    “It
will do them good.  If anything they’ll come back with a load of stories.”
    “Three
weeks two days and then they’ll be home.”
    Elaine
looked at her askance.  “You’re not counting the days, are you?”
    Anna
couldn’t help giggling.  “No not really.  But I do miss them.” 
    She
looked across to the bar where Dave and Terry where waiting to be served. 
Terry suddenly left, obviously on his way to the toilet and Dave gave their
order to the barman.  It was then Anna noticed a woman with red hair to her
husband’s right, a woman with her back to him and yet seemed to be intruding
into his space.  Anna shook her head and wondered at the rudeness of some
people.  And then she saw Dave reach out and grasp the woman’s hand, almost
nonchalantly, both he and the woman only briefly turning to each other before
resuming their back-to-back position.  It was just a fleeting gesture, but Anna
knew what Dave was doing.  She gave a gasp and a pain shot through her chest,
making it hard to breathe.
    “Are
you OK?” said Elaine.  “You look pale.”
    Anna
didn’t dare look her in the face.  “I can’t take any more,” she
whispered.         
     
    Anna boarded the
train and found a seat.  As the doors shut and the engine started to pull out
of the station, a rush of excitement gripped her insides.  She was on her way,
no turning back now. The trees and houses flashed by, her thoughts tumbled in
her head and she remembered the agonising decision she had made over the last
ten days.  It hadn’t been easy at all.
    The
day after the terrible revelation in the pub, she had phoned the house in
Bishop Sutton, hoping that she could speak to Jason and ask if the position was
still available.  She guessed it wouldn’t be, but she had to give it a try,
before searching the paper for another place to live.  One thing she was
adamant about and that was she would not stay with her husband, even if it
meant the boys had to come home with her gone.  Her heart ached at the very
idea, but it couldn’t be helped, she refused to put up with his behaviour any
longer.
    She
was more than surprised when Sharon answered the phone.
    “Anna,
how lovely to hear from you again.”
    “Goodness,
what are you doing there?  I thought you’d be long gone by now.”
    Sharon
giggled.  “The person we finally