The Secret

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‘Can you not find somebody else?’
‘No. I’ve got this feeling, Mum, I can’t explain it, but he’s the one.’
‘The Heywood family aren’t our sort.’
‘I know, they’ve got money. But that’s not why I want Dan.’
‘I know it’s not, love, but I hope you’ll change your mind. Geoff Heywood’s all right but Dan’s mother would make your life hell. She’s a Buchanan, and takes after her father. Dan Heywood’s not for you.’
‘He is.’
Doreen Collins was again silent, struggling to make a hard decision.
‘You remember I told you I used to work at Kirkwood House, cleaning for them when you were a baby.’
‘Yeah. So what?’
‘They put the fear of God into me, her family. They wanted nothing to do with us – and she still doesn’t because there’s something I know about the Heywoods.’
‘What?’
‘It’s a secret and you must promise me you won’t tell anyone, ever. Promise.’
So Lynda made that unbreakable promise and listened to the secret that didn’t seem important at the time.

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