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Tilly came. Said she had to wait for her Darren to get home and look after the kids before she came over. She started work on the dining room and Harry let her take the dinner service that had been her grandmother ’ s. She ’ d brought boxes and bubble wrap, and thought she might as well fill up the space in the back of her car with saucepans and anything useful from the kitchen.

She didn ’ t stay long. Kids to put to bed. Still, it helped. Harry went through the desk and the cupboards in the front room while she packed stuff, and talked to her through the wall. Seems Eddie never threw anything away. There were boxes upon boxes of bills and correspondence. Savings books and investments, too. Harry didn ’ t know Eddie played the market. It was adding up to a tidy sum, with the cottage. Not enough to retire on, even if he wanted to, but then the money was a bonus because he was only planning on the cottage.