Edinburgh! For a whole year?’ Carrie exclaimed. ‘But that’s miles away.’
Beth put her cappuccino down carefully. She would have to come clean with her twin sister. It was now or never.
‘Actually, it’s further than you think. I don’t mean Edinburgh in Scotland, but a place called Edinburgh of the Seven Seas. It’s on a tiny island called Tristan da Cunha, and it’s the most remote inhabited island in the world.’
She sat back and braced herself for Carrie’s reaction.
‘Oh, Beth, are you certain you’re doing the right thing? Won’t you be lonely? Where on earth is it? How many people live there?’
Beth held up her hand, attempting to stem the flow of anxious questions. Carrie had her best interests at heart, but Beth’s mind was made up. She was going to accept the offer of a year working on Tristan alongside the local doctor, who currently ran his practice single-handedly. His wife had recently given birth to triplets. As he’d explained on their Skype calls, he
