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  Chapter 43

 

  Montgomery Crescent, Exeter

  10.35 a.m.

 

  “I need to make amends,” said James to Helena, sitting crossed legged on the settee.

  “I know things have been tough, especially with money, and I know I’ve been aloof and distant recently, but I’ll change. I promise I’ll change,” he added in an imploring tone.

  “I’ve heard it before,” replied Helena, her arms tightly folded facing the bay window.

  “But I mean it this time, you must believe me.”

 

  James Trafford had gone to incredible lengths to reunite with Helena, and now he had to fight to save his marriage for a second time. It had been a steep learning curve. He’d literally dropped from another world into hers and had hit the ground running. He’d learned to adjust pretty damned quickly. Initially it had been insane finding that he was the father of twin boys, that Helena was achieving the research PhD she’d so longed for and that he had to master how to drive a fifty-five seater coach without training. It had been a struggle to learn not only the names of Helena and James’ friends, but also pretty much everything about them. It wasn’t as if he would ever be caught out, as there was no way that anyone would ever know that he’d crossed over from a parallel world, but still, he had to get it right. All in all, he thought he was doing pretty damn well. The only thing he had to do was to rekindle their relationship which was clearly going down the drain.

  In his other world he’d spoilt his marriage by having a brief and disastrous fling with another woman. He’d needed to employ a kind of ‘sixth sense’, to work out why life wasn’t so rosy for James and Helena in a world where he’d been faithful. He’d thought about the person he was, and the things he knew that weren’t his best traits. During their brief term of marriage, he recalled telling Helena that returning to university to study would be a complete waste of her time. In this world he must have overcome his selfishness and allowed her to follow her dream. She’d made the right decision. Although her academic ambitions had put them back a few years financially, the head-hunters were already tracking her down. She was going to be a successful lady.

 

  He sat alongside her on the settee and put his hand on her arm.

  “You don’t know what you mean to me, and you don’t know how miserable my life would be without you, ……… but believe me I do.”

  The way he’d just spoken, the words were delivered in such a way they made her shiver. She knew he meant them. It wasn’t just the words he said, it was how they were said.

  “You really mean it, don’t you.” she softly replied.

  “I do,” replied James, before taking his wife in his arms and holding her tightly.

  He was certain that nothing, or no one, would allow him to lose Helena for a second time.