Page 92 of The Life Daisy Devlin Designed
Fionn was on the phone, and Laura’s desk was conspicuously empty. She opened the sash window behind her chair and sat down, just as Fionn hung up.
“Morning, Daisy. That was Laura.”
“Is everything okay?”
Fionn frowned. “So, that friend who’s having triplets? Laura had to take her into hospital because she started to bleed, and she has to stay in for monitoring.”
Daisy tried to process this. “Wow, I only bumped into them at the weekend. Hang on, what about Stephanie’s partner?”
“He’s in Dubai on a business trip.” Fionn flicked his fringe. “Laura said they’re not even telling him until they know more, because what can he do over there?”
“Get home, maybe!”
How had Laura suddenly become Stephanie’s go-to person, when Daisy hadn’t even heard of her until a couple of weeks ago?
Fionn got to his feet. “Will I get coffee?”
“Coffee sounds great, thanks, Fionn.Um, quick Zodiac thing. Are Leos compatible with each other, or do they clash? Two lions together,haha!”
“You’d think, right?” Fionn beamed. “Nah, two Leos are a perfect match.”
“A perfect match.” This week just kept getting better. “Do me a favour: get me a chocolate croissant with that coffee?”
“A croissant?”
Daisy nodded. “Chocolate! And please don’t make me eat it by myself.”
“Gotcha.”
Fionn left and Daisy wished she’d never started taking an interest in horoscopes. They were just supposed to be a bit of bloody fun!
She couldn’t even remember exactly how the topic had come up over their Friday-night pizza. One moment Alma had been telling them about her childhood birthday parties in Sweden, the next she and James were acting like they’d both won the Zodiac lotto when they’d discovered that their birthdays were a day apart.
It was un-bloody-believable that somebody studying nuclear physics would have any interest in their star sign. But Alma knew she was a Leo. Just like James.
When Daisy’s phone rang after lunch, her first thought was Laura. But it was Matt.
She swiped the screen. “Hi, all good?”
“Fine.” Matt cleared his throat. “Look, hope you don’t mind me phoning you about this, but Kayley’s pendant is missing and I wondered if you’d seen it.”
“Her pendant?” Daisy frowned. “Okay …”
“The moonstone one.” Matt hesitated. “She was wondering if you saw it in the guest wing last week.”
“I remember.”
“The pendant?” He sounded hopeful.
“No, I remember I was sorting out the boiler.” Which anyone could have done if they’d bothered to look! Had any of the crystals in the bowl been on a chain? She didn’t think so. “Is it very valuable?”
“There was a diamond setting around it, apparently.”
“Right.” Daisy waited for Matt to say he was sorry to bother her, and that Kayley was the most high-maintenance person he’d ever come across and a total pain in the arse, but he didn’t.
“I’ll ask Kenny and the rest of the team to keep an eye out,” she said finally. “Was there anything else?”
“Not for now.” Matt sounded terse.
