Rebecca POV:

I wouldn't hide the fact that I had a child, I just wouldn't go around announcing it, it wasn't really a secret at all.

But since she had helped me today by saving me the trouble of arguing with Mrs Brandon and the others, I didn't deny it, I just nodded gently and mentally reassured myself that I probably didn't know her well enough before and had misjudged her.

Tracy was happy enough to follow us naturally to the car park, chatting to me enthusiastically all the way, mainly about her extensive social skills in aristocratic circles, and generously sharing them all with me.

She had no intention...