When her tears had been spent, Cindy left her house and locked her door. She consoled herself with the fact that despite her broken heart, she was going to derive so much joy from giving little Tim the wonderful surprise of her presence.

As Jack drove Maya to the hospital, she lay in the back seat of his car with her eyes closed but her heart was filled with so much happiness.

Earlier, when she had seen the interaction between Cindy and Jack and how they seemed inseparable, she had doubted if ...