There’s no shock quite like one from somebody you were sure you knew inside out. When my best friend of more than 30 years told me she was having an affair, I burst out laughing, assuming it was a joke. How could it be anything else?
We messaged all day every day, a constant, endless conversation where we consulted each other on everything, from what to have for lunch to whether to increase our HRT prescriptions.
I would have bet my house that I knew everything about Sophie – and had done since the day we met at university. It had been
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