Amanda refused to let herself think as she made her way to the airport and caught the first flight out, which took her to Milan. She refused to think as she made the most of the small boutiques, deciding that it was time to renew her wardrobe again. She refused to think as she made her way haphazardly through Europe's great cities, distracting herself with all they had to offer. Finally, months later, she found herself here, at the place she hadn't even realised she had been heading towards ever since she left Duncan in the park.

She knelt beside the stone and gently traced the letters carved upon it. "Rebecca, you will never believe what has happened! What am I going to do? So many times I have wanted to talk to you, have felt lost without you, but never more so than now."