‘I also envy Nate for another reason. At least he won’t have to wear a kilt to his wedding. It’s compulsory here.’
Jenna laughed. ‘Do Scotsmenreallywear them?’
‘Definitely for weddings and some funerals. The cloth is heavy and pretty scratchy and all the paraphernalia – the sporran – well, it weighs a fair amount. It’s draughty too. Sholto is going to have quite a task on his hands, cycling in that get-up for over a thousand miles. Rather him than me!’
The call ended with Jenna giggling so much there were tears in her eyes. There was only one more call with Cam to go before the challenge started, then they’d agreed to catch up the day before Sholto set off and just keep in touch if there were any glitches. She’d miss these calls.
Jenna was dabbing at her eyes with a tissue when there was a knock on the door, and she quickly closed down the Google search she’d done for sporrans. They actually looked pretty useful, but perhaps not dangling around your waist on an extreme bike ride. She giggled again.
‘What tickled you?’ Kerry walked straight in without waiting.
‘Tickled?’
‘It’s what my nan’s always saying. What made you laugh? Was it Cam again?’
‘Yeah. We were joking about the Kilt Challenge.’
Handing over an iced latte, Kerry smiled. ‘It’s good to hear you laugh.’
Jenna nodded thanks for the drink. ‘I laugh a lot though,’ she said, feeling quite taken aback.
‘You certainly do when Cam’s on Teams.’ Kerry gave her an odd smile. ‘You deserve to laugh more than anyone, after what you’ve been through.’
Chapter Six
Cameron
Cam had his laptop on the coffee table, dreading Jenna joining their next call – dreading having to put on a brave face and hear about Nate and his big plans and seeing Jenna racked with doubts.
Because Cam had a feeling shedidhave doubts about marrying Nate.
He could never say that to her, of course. Even if Cam didn’t think Nate was the man for her. Nate struck him as a bit domineering, and he sometimes wondered if Jenna was with him more because she felt grateful for how he’d supported her family than because she loved him.
However, Cam was also aware that he might be dead wrong and letting jealousy cloud his view of Nate. He could never sabotage Jenna’s happiness – and he kept reminding himself that she thought he was in a new relationship. He was supposed to be smitten ... or something.
Their business concluded efficiently, with Cam confirming that Carly’sBreakfast Todaycrew would definitely be at the start of the Kilt Challenge.
‘That’s good ...’ she said, sounding a little weary.
‘It is.’
Jenna seemed less than enthusiastic. Her eyes had dark circles under them and it was clear she had lost sleep over something.
‘Everything OK?’ he asked when he caught her looking wistfully in the direction of her office window, almost as if she wanted to fly out of it.
‘Yes. Um. You once said you would like to come down here. Why don’t you and Iona visit – maybe in October?’
‘October?’
‘Yes. Saturday the sixteenth, to be precise.’
Cam had the sensation of not quite being in the room, not quite inhabiting his body. He’d experienced it before, in the early days after Rachel had gone.
‘Cam?’
Recovering himself, he tried and failed to smile, instead gabbling out a response he hoped would let Jenna know he was at least still conscious. ‘You mean to your wedding?’
‘Yes. It’s er – all been a bit of a rush, but we got a great deal on a hotel and you know, why wait? No pressure if you’re too busy or it’s not Iona’s thing or yours, but it wouldn’t be the same without you – both of you.’
