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Rupert, who’d already drunk a bottle and a half of champagne, shrugged his shoulders. She’d be much happier with Malise, thought Jake. “I wish Billy’d occasionally look at another woman,” she said idly. ”“So you might suddenly bump into him one day?”“I doubt it,” said Jake, although he never passed a gypsy encampment or a fairground without having a look.

“Once in Solihull during the Royal. By the time the reporters had finished with Mary-Jo, Jake had consumed at least a bottle and a half of champagne. Rupert was not going to take Fen. She said he doesn’t get enough sleep.