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    VIRGINIA IRONSIDE

    Nov 17, 2021 3 minutes

    Did she have an affair?

    Q A couple of years ago, I lost my partner of over 20 years to cancer and have since experienced the full spectrum of human emotions such as love, loss, pain, hope and anger, along with dreams unfulfilled. But I also have some unanswered questions which have niggled me since her passing. I’m pretty sure she was very secretive about money matters and also suspect she had a romantic liaison with a work colleague.

    I made the wrong choice of

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