Twist of Fate

Much as she loved her beautiful actress mother Clea, Joanne could see that Ben Norris had a point when he considered her 'no better than she ought to be' - but why did he have to carry his hostility over to Joanne, who wasn't at all that kind of girl? In any case, she thought bitterly, his opinion of Clea hadn't, apparently, prevented him from joining the ranks of her admirers. Then Joanne realised why Ben's opinion was so important to her - and she ran away, to avoid the heartbreak of being too near this man who had no time for her. Now, five years later, they had met again, and everything had changed. Everything, it seemed, except Ben's infatuation for Clea.