Bridget acknowledged the fact with a nod. She knew from first-hand experience just how quickly a garden could get out of control if you neglected it.
‘I’ve also been looking into retirement homes that provide care,’ said Vanessa. ‘There’s a retirement village in Witney that offers round-the-clock nursing. It even has its own spa.’
Bridget couldn’t really picture their parents making use of a spa, but she let Vanessa talk enthusiastically about all the health and social benefits of such a place. She’d obviously given it a lot of thought.
‘It would be nice to have Mum and Dad living closer,’ Bridget acknowledged, ‘but I think they’re going to resist moving.’
‘Of course they will,’ said Vanessa. ‘They’re stubborn. Just like you.’
‘Like me?’ If anyone in this car was stubborn, Bridget felt pretty sure that it wasn’t her.
‘So I’ll need you to back me up,’ said Vanessa. ‘Can I count on you?’
Could Vanessa count on her? The question went right to the heart of the two sisters’ relationship. Although at times it felt to Bridget that she and Vanessa were pulling in opposite directions, they always had an instinctive understanding of each other. Unlike Diane Gilbert, who had kept an explosive secret from her own sister for so many years, Bridget and Vanessa had always been completely open with each other. Despite their obvious differences, perhaps they weren’t too dissimilar after all.
Vanessa glanced anxiously across at Bridget, and Bridget smiled back. ‘You can always count on me, Vanessa. You know that. Isn’t that what sisters are for?’
The Bridget Hart series continues in Toll for the Dead (Bridget Hart #7)
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MORE BOOKS IN THE BRIDGET HART SERIES:
Aspire to Die (Bridget Hart #1)
Killing by Numbers (Bridget Hart #2)
Do No Evil (Bridget Hart #3)
In Love and Murder (Bridget Hart #4)
A Darkly Shining Star (Bridget Hart #5)
Preface to Murder (Bridget Hart #6)
Toll for the Dead (Bridget Hart #7)
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M S Morris is the pseudonym for the writing partnership of Margarita and Steve Morris. They both studied at Oxford University, where they first met in 1990. Together they write psychological thrillers and crime novels. They are married and live in Oxfordshire.
