She is about to turn away when a woman comes out of Tesco holding two canvas bags full of groceries; she’s a tall blond woman in a similar parka, baggy joggers and black Ugg boots, a green bobble hat on her head and a wide smile on her face. She hands one bag to Theo and then stops to pet the small dog, who seems overjoyed to see her. Then they go on their way, the lovely young couple and their dog. And it is only then that Laurel really registers what she has just seen. It was the smile that threw her. She hasn’t seen Hanna smile for so long she’d forgotten what it looked like.
