The Decoy Bride Page #2

- Are you not cold? Can I get

you a coat? - I'll be fine.

- As always. - You think?

- I'll be dying either way.

I've got to get out of here, Katie.

I've never been anywhere.

And I want to see the world,

overdose on daiquiris

and be thrown into a volcano.

But you need money for that.

If they ask, we had two stars

but they fell off.

Welcome to the Sunshine,

Hegg's only B&B.

We have rooms available.

- We're looking for the castle.

- We're marketing people.

I'll take you there... for a tenner.

Mum!

I'll take you.

Oh, my God.

Do you like it?

It's spectacular.

And that was the last we any

of us saw of the Americans.

'The gilt work glistened proudly.'

'Time had in no way diminished the

splendours of this castle.'

We're dead. Lara's expecting to walk

straight into his stupid book.

She's not gonna blame you, Steve.

She is a reasonable woman.

Get me an office, a landline,

steeplejacks, welders,

20,000 in cash, 50,000

gallons of water,

the construction crew from

Bonnie Prince Charlie

and a cappuccino.

A seal. Look. How cute.

I've no idea where we are,

but it's perfect.

'The sea turns and shakes

its manacles of salt

at the sharp rocks on which

too many waves have died.'

What's that?

It's you. Chapter 49 of

my favourite book.

- The Ornithologist's Wife.

- Really?

My husband is gonna be one of the great

writers of the 21 st century.

- So where are we exactly?

- You know where we are.

Do I?

No!

It's just how you described it.

We're on Hegg.

You don't remember it from

your many research trips?

Hey, you guys.

I don't know why we didn't

think of this before.

I'm sorry we can't have

friends and family.

But this is so special, isn't it?

It's perfect. And it's just us.

Let's go in. I have to see the

Hall of a Million Feathers.

- Should we? - Yes, you really

should. It's quite something.

Do you like your room?

We had 40 master craftsmen

working through the night.

- One of them was 80. - Why didn't you

just tell her I made it all up?

When Lara wants to go to the

Big Rock Candy Mountain,

I don't take her to Elm Street.

This is your first time

on Hegg, isn't it?

You Googled the entire book.

You're the first person ever

to have a problem with that.

I need some air.

There are only seven people in

the world who know we're here.

Anybody asks, you're at

a marketing conference.

Keep your head down, and

wear a hat, Tolstoy.

If you can safely navigate

the many rabbit holes,

Hegg can be a great place to ramble.

And as the islanders say, if you

don't like the weather here,

just wait 20 minutes and maybe

you will. End of Chapter One.

Chapter Two:
Hegg's top hot spots.

The people of the island are rightly

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