Anne Mather - Innocent Virgin, Wild Surrender

‘Hello?’

Her father’s voice was surprisingly welcome. Despite the argument they’d had about her coming here, he was still her best friend in the entire world. She loved her mother. There was no doubt about that. But the aloofness she’d always detected in her mother’s attitude towards her had made any real closeness between them difficult.

‘Hey, Dad.’ Rachel tried to sound upbeat. ‘Sorry I was out when you called.’

‘Where were you?’

Instead of making some reassuring comment, Ralph Claiborne was immediately on the offensive.

‘I—I took a tour of the island,’ Rachel finally replied, a little defensively. ‘I was going to ring you as soon as I got back.’

‘Hmmph!’ Her father didn’t sound mollified. ‘So, what’s happening? Have you spoken to your mother yet?’

‘Are you kidding?’ Rachel was indignant. ‘We’re not talking Camberwick Green here, Dad. This may be a fairly small island, but I should think its population runs into tens of thousands.’

‘Does it?’

‘Yes.’ Rachel sighed. ‘You’re going to have to give me some leeway, Dad. I can’t be making a report to you every single day.’

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