And No Regrets

Her only guide was her heart The conditions under which Clare Meriden agreed to go out to Nigeria with Ross Brennan were unusual, to say the least. Facing an eighteen-month posting to the desolate heart of the country, and admitting his need for the solace of feminine companionship, Ross suggested that Clare should marry him - on his terms - and that at the end of the eighteen months they should part, with no regrets on either side. Loving him as she did, Clare accepted, confident that everything would work out happily. It was a confidence that was to be shattered from the moment the…