RIC had come into the Sydney office to work because he couldn’t stand his own company. It was four months since he’d seen Lara and the only communication he’d received from her this past month had been relayed through Mitch—a request for him to stay clear. There would inevitably be—and had been—a media furore surrounding Gary Chappel’s death, funeral and inquest, and she didn’t want Ric spotlighted as a player in her life.
No scandal for the gossip pages.
She had been legally separated from her husband, pending a divorce. Irreconcilable differences. No other man involved.
