‘You heard?’ Mary said emptily. Her face was as drained of life as her voice. ‘I heard—and I don’t believe it.’ ‘Why should they lie?’ ‘They believe it.’ Heidi’s tone was impatient, almost rough. ‘It’s time you stopped loving and started thinking. The Major Smiths of this world don’t drive over cliff edges.’ ‘Talk is easy, Heidi.’ ‘So is giving up. I believe he is alive. And if he is, and if he comes here and you’re gone or not there to help him, you know what he’ll be then?’ Mary made no reply, just gazed emptily into Heidi’s face. ‘He’ll be dead. He’ll be dead because you let him down. Would
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