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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

Turning my head around I put my face into the pillow to soak up the tears and the sound of pain seeping from my body. Did Tara get into trouble when I left her? I don’t want to think about it. Am I going to be arrested for something I didn’t do? I don’t want to think about that. Are my mam and dad going to live the rest of their lives sad because of me? I definitely don’t want to go there. There is only one thing I need to think about. How do I fix all this?

Chapter Fifty-Eight

Tara

In three days’ time I’ll be married. I’ll be Mrs Tara Jones, and this makes me happy.

This morning I packed a lot of the clothes I’m taking to Australia with me. Summer dresses, bikinis. I put the winter stuff in bags for the charity shop. I thought I’d be sad pulling out all those memories from the wardrobe, but I wasn’t. I was elated and it took my mind off the investigation. I imagined myself in my summer clothes lying on the beach or strolling around my house in shorts and a T-shirt and now I can’t wait to get there. Lucas has decided to leave most of his stuff behind him. He says he’ll have no need for it when he gets home.

My father rang earlier asking if there was anything I needed him to do. There wasn’t. He said he had his speech ready and was really looking forward to the wedding. It was good to hear him so upbeat.

It’s just a waiting game now. Everything is set to go, thanks to Amy and her hard work. She kept a lot of the stress and worry that goes with planning a wedding away from me. I’m not sure how I would have got to this stage without losing a few years off my life if it wasn’t for her, especially with all that has happened.

Lucas is spending his last day at work today. He was sad leaving the apartment this morning. He’ll miss his colleagues, though he hopes to still be dealing with them over the phone and Zoom when he gets to Australia because he has applied to be stationed in the European section of the Melbourne office. Which he’s pretty sure he’ll get. I really hope he enjoys his last drinks with his workmates tonight. They’re giving him a send off and I’m sure for Lucas it will be pretty emotional because he loved working here. He said he hopes his colleagues in the Melbourne office are as great as the people he met in the Dublin office. I hope they are too. I want Lucas to be happy.