Chapters (88)
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dear Reader …
- Also by Robert Muchamore
- PART ONE
- Walter J Freeman Adolescent Mental Health Unit – East Grinstead, UK
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- SIX
- SEVEN
- EIGHT
- NINE
- TEN
- ELEVEN
- PART TWO
- TWELVE
- THIRTEEN
- FOURTEEN
- FIFTEEN
- SIXTEEN
- SEVENTEEN
- EIGHTEEN
- NINETEEN
- TWENTY
- TWENTY-ONE
- TWENTY-TWO
- TWENTY-THREE
- TWENTY-FOUR
- TWENTY-FIVE
- TWENTY-SIX
- TWENTY-SEVEN
- TWENTY-EIGHT
- TWENTY-NINE
- THIRTY
- THIRTY-ONE
- THIRTY-TWO
- THIRTY-THREE
- THIRTY-FOUR
- THIRTY-FIVE
- THIRTY-SIX
- THIRTY-SEVEN
- THIRTY-EIGHT
- PART THREE
- Walter J. Freeman Adolescent Mental Health Unit – East Grinstead, UK
- THIRTY-NINE
- FORTY
- FORTY-ONE
- FORTY-TWO
- FORTY-THREE
- FORTY-FOUR
- FORTY-FIVE
- FORTY-SIX
- FORTY-SEVEN
- FORTY-EIGHT
- FORTY-NINE
- FIFTY
- FIFTY-ONE
- FIFTY-TWO
- FIFTY-THREE
- FIFTY-FOUR
- PART FOUR
- FIFTY-FIVE
- FIFTY-SIX
- FIFTY-SEVEN
- FIFTY-EIGHT
- FIFTY-NINE
- SIXTY
- SIXTY-ONE
- SIXTY-TWO
- SIXTY-THREE
- SIXTY-FOUR
- SIXTY-FIVE
- SIXTY-SIX
- SIXTY-SEVEN
- SIXTY-EIGHT
- SIXTY-NINE
- SEVENTY
- SEVENTY-ONE
- SEVENTY-TWO
- SEVENTY-THREE
- EPILOGUE
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‘Don’t be sorry,’ Orisa told her girlfriend. ‘What can he expect, creeping about the place?’
‘I missed your cooking!’ Julius said brightly as he sniffed the bowl.
‘It’s just microwaved,’ Orisa said. Then, more stiffly, ‘So why sneaking around? I do not recall us falling out.’
‘I didn’t know who’d be here,’ Julius said, then blew to cool his first spoon of soup. ‘I’m not the most popular member of this family, in case you haven’t noticed.’
Orisa nodded. ‘You saw my little brother in London?’
‘Ken’s good,’ Julius said. ‘The twins are super cute.’
‘When did you get back?’
‘Yesterday,’ Julius said, then added a lie. ‘I stayed at a hotel.’
‘Do you need money?’ Orisa asked. ‘We’ve not got much, but we muddle through.’
‘It’s weird seeing this house run-down,’ Julius noted. ‘I heard the court froze all Mum’s bank accounts. Is SJ giving you an allowance or something?’
‘Not since the start of the year,’ Orisa said. ‘We’ve lived by selling your mother’s jewellery.’
‘Have you seen her in prison?’ Julius asked as he took a wallet from the back of his shorts.
Orisa nodded. ‘It’s a nasty place. I took Gabe with me the first time and he cried all the way home.’
‘Is Gabe OK?’
‘So popular at school,’ Orisa said. ‘Friends and parties, and an excellent soccer player. But he’s subdued around the house.’
‘He worries,’ Delilah added.
Julius reached across and handed Orisa a pre-paid Visa card. ‘That’s loaded with five thousand UK,’ he explained. ‘Minus twenty thousand naira that I took out of an ATM this morning. The PIN is 3301.’
Orisa exchanged a wary glance with Delilah as she took it. ‘Is this all of your money?’
‘There’s more – don’t worry,’ Julius said. ‘I’m gonna speak to SJ and sort things out.’
Orisa shook her head. ‘He won’t see you. I’ve called twenty times to ask for help and you just get his assistant. I’ve been up to his new apartment. The first time, I waited in the lobby for four and a half hours, before Luke came out and ordered me to leave. The second time, I wasn’t even allowed in the elevator.’
Julius nodded. ‘Everyone at the house in London said SJ was ignoring them. But I can be persuasive.’
‘You’re a boy,’ Orisa scorned. ‘We can look after you here. Things are bad, but family must stick together.’
Julius shook his head. ‘I’m sixteen. The same age my mother was when she started her textile business.’
‘What’s the masterplan?’ Delilah asked.
Julius didn’t answer.
‘I need some things from the garage,’ he said as he grabbed the clean shorts. ‘Then I have to get to St Gilda’s before school kicks out.’