Some Kind of Trouble

by ZoZo126

Ten years on, and Watts has just given birth to Keith's child. But why does she want to go straight back to work in New York? Alternatively, Amanda feels herself drowning in a controlling relationship. Not allowed to see her two best friends, Susan and Keith, she hasn't even met her Godchild to be, Toyah. How will she escape?

15. Suze II

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