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
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- 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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‘Do whatever. Ruin my life,’ Julius sighed, choking up as he shoved Gabe down the table and backed up because he didn’t want to catch another kick.
Gabe tugged his rumpled suit jacket and scowled defiantly. The guard outside had heard Gabe shout and was stepping in to investigate.
‘I have to find Mum,’ Gabe blurted, ducking under the bodyguard and starting a charge down the hallway.
TWENTY
Before Sophie died, Georgia ate school lunch quickly and went to the library to read or study. Now, she hung out with Maya, a bunch of Maya’s friends and their boyfriends, who were mostly older.
Only year-twelve and thirteen kids were allowed out of school at lunchtime, but the teaching assistants on the front gate didn’t know everyone, and Georgia never had a problem getting out if she was with Rolf and a couple of his burly mates.
They went to a few different places, but the most common was Denton’s Gelato. It was way more expensive than the school canteen. Georgia knew her dad had money problems, so rather than press for extra cash, she’d just get a cheap filter coffee and a Twix or Kit Kat.
There were about twenty kids from Georgia’s school sprawled over the cafe’s tables. Maya had been yawning all morning because her youngest sibling had spent the night screaming with toothache. She sat sideways in her chair, with her head in Rolf’s lap.
Georgia found Rolf irritating, but the way he cradled Maya and kept his voice low while she dozed was surprisingly tender. In contrast, the lads at the table behind Rolf and Maya were noisy dicks, flicking sugar cubes at each other, while one tried to tell a story about a girl he’d got off with at a music festival.
‘It’s funny how you’re so much better at scoring when none of us are around,’ one of the pals noted.
Georgia smirked, but knew better than to give any indication that she was listening and kept eyes on her phone. Dean had sent her a long text before school, saying he was sorry if he’d come on too strong at the party and asking if she’d like to meet up for a coffee one afternoon after school.
Georgia was torn. She’d seen Dean with his hand on another girl’s butt, so he was clearly the kind of guy who hit on anything in a skirt. But she envied what Maya had with Rolf and felt childish, having never snogged a guy, when Maya and her mates spoke casually about being on the pill and strings of exes …
The phone in Georgia’s hand started to ring: Zac Calling.
‘Hey, ’sup,’ Georgia said, trying to sound cool for the sake of company, then covering one ear to shut out the idiots at the next table.