Need to know

But Mark wasn't going to have it his way. Victoria quickly picked up the phone again and called Sarah, whom she easily persuaded to provide Juliette’s mobile number.

Shortly afterwards, without mentioning it to Ted, thinking he might side with Mark, Victoria called Juliette to invite her over, with or without Mark. When Juliette hesitated, Victoria suggested that she might be able to help them devise a fitness regime for herself and Ted. Duly persuaded, Juliette agreed to visit for the weekend n two weeks’ time..

Juliette hadn’t spoken to Mark since Sarah’s party, but this he had to know!