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Chapters (72)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Chapter One
  4. Chapter Two
  5. Chapter Three
  6. Chapter Four
  7. Chapter Five
  8. Chapter Six
  9. Chapter Seven
  10. Chapter Eight
  11. Chapter Nine
  12. Chapter Ten
  13. Chapter Eleven
  14. Chapter Twelve
  15. Chapter Thirteen
  16. Chapter Fourteen
  17. Chapter Fifteen
  18. Chapter Sixteen
  19. Chapter Seventeen
  20. Chapter Eighteen
  21. Chapter Nineteen
  22. Chapter Twenty
  23. Chapter Twenty-One
  24. Chapter Twenty-Two
  25. Chapter Twenty-Three
  26. Chapter Twenty-Four
  27. Chapter Twenty-Five
  28. Chapter Twenty-Six
  29. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  30. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  31. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  32. Chapter Thirty
  33. Chapter Thirty-One
  34. Chapter Thirty-Two
  35. Chapter Thirty-Three
  36. Chapter Thirty-Four
  37. Chapter Thirty-Five
  38. Chapter Thirty-Six
  39. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  40. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  41. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  42. Chapter Forty
  43. Chapter Forty-One
  44. Chapter Forty-Two
  45. Chapter Forty-Three
  46. Chapter Forty-Four
  47. Chapter Forty-Five
  48. Chapter Forty-Six
  49. Chapter Forty-Seven
  50. Chapter Forty-Eight
  51. Chapter Forty-Nine
  52. Chapter Fifty
  53. Chapter Fifty-One
  54. Chapter Fifty-Two
  55. Chapter Fifty-Three
  56. Chapter Fifty-Four
  57. Chapter Fifty-Five
  58. Chapter Fifty-Six
  59. Chapter Fifty-Seven
  60. Chapter Fifty-Eight
  61. Chapter Fifty-Nine
  62. Chapter Sixty
  63. Chapter Sixty-One
  64. Chapter Sixty-Two
  65. Chapter Sixty-Three
  66. Chapter Sixty-Four
  67. Chapter Sixty-Five
  68. Chapter Sixty-Six
  69. Chapter Sixty-Seven
  70. A letter from Jackie
  71. About the Author
  72. Also by Jackie Walsh

‘You looking for someone?’ he says, in a full-blown Australian accent. That must be him. Tara’s fiancé. I can’t find my voice. So I shake my head, my eyes glued to his gleaming smile as he nods then walks towards their apartment.

Shit. Lucas Jones has seen me. He didn’t seem to recognise me, though. Which is good. Tara has probably never shown him any photos of me with her. Her life before Lucas Jones is well buried along with all its secrets. Or so she thinks. I could stop him, call him back and say, ‘Do you know what your wife-to-be did?’

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Then

To the rest of the world it’s just another Saturday night. To me, it’s the night I’m about to witness Tara Moore help her mother leave this world. I’m nervous. I’ve done as much research as possible but I have no experience in this field. I would much rather be listening to Lana Del Ray on stage at Electric Picnic but I promised Tara I would be by her side to help in any way possible. As well as being completely devastated to be saying goodbye to her mother tonight, Tara is also nervous because even with a potion of relaxants to prevent her mother throwing up the Nembutal, there could be complications that could lead to a lot of pain.

When we first researched the process, Tara didn’t want me involved. She thought it was too big an ask. Besides the damage it could do to my career if we were found out, the emotional weight would be a heavy burden to carry. I told her I was going in with my eyes wide open and I could look after myself. That it would be far too dangerous to implement the procedure without medical experience on hand to help if needed. I told her she had to think of her mam. Eventually she agreed it would be safer for her mother to have me here, just in case I was needed to bring her emergency relief. Tara will be the one to inject the morphine if things go badly but under my direct instruction. Tara’s afraid if she is found out and it was discovered that I was here, I’ll be implicated and my career would come to an end. But I’m already implicated. I know about it and I’m about to let it happen. I’m hoping we don’t get caught.