Platinum Coast. Lynne Pemberton

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      ‘Don’t get out, Martin. I’m fine now. Sorry about this evening.’

      ‘No problem. Think about London, won’t you, Christina? I’ll call you in the morning.’

      He waved and drove off. She watched the car until it was out of sight.

      It was ironic, she thought. Half the girls in Manchester would give their eye-teeth to have an invitation like that from Martin Ward. Christina could see the attraction. He was good-looking, he was famous. But he wasn’t for her. There was only one man she wanted.

      She expected to hear Martin’s voice when she picked up the telephone the following morning, but it was her sister instead.

      ‘It’s bad news, Christina. The doctors say Mam won’t last the night.’

      She stared at her own pale face and sunken eyes in the cracked mirror above the telephone.

      ‘But – they said she had a few more months! God, Marie, I’d have cancelled my jobs if I’d realized.’

      Her sister’s voice cracked as she replied, ‘Sure and Mam wouldn’t hear of that. She was always so proud of you, Christina.’