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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

After hiding around the corner for a few minutes, I go back to see Andriu has left the hallway. He didn’t leave the building, so he’s gone back up to Tara. I’ve never seen him like this. Crazy with anger. I’m scared now. Scared for Tara. What will I do?

I need to get to her to warn her but how? I could knock on her neighbour’s door and tell them she’s in trouble – maybe they’ll have her fiancé’s number or a key. Time is ticking. I look to my right to the bright lights of Reilly’s Bar in the hope that Lucas or someone who knows her might be in there.

Chapter Sixty-Three

Tara

I walk around the apartment with tears flowing down my face. My teeth are gnashing with fear. Faye has come to my apartment just like Andriu warned me she might. I’m finding it hard to believe Faye would hurt me, though. She might just have wanted to confront me. To tell me how I destroyed her life just like she did that night on the phone when she was drunk and she blurted out her hate for me.

Of course if Andriu is right and she did kill Avril Ryan, accidentally or not, it means she is capable of some level of violence which, accompanied by rage, could result in disaster. I could have been in real danger if I was here on my own. I’m so lucky Andriu called tonight.

I hope he’s talking her down. Trying to get her to leave me alone. He has been gone a long time. Opening the door of the balcony, I see that the night sky twinkles like a scene from a Disney movie. It feels more like a Stephen King movie down here.

I look over the side of the balcony to see if I can spot Andriu and Faye out on the street. There’s no sign of them. The street is empty. A stray black cat crosses the road, bringing me luck, I hope. Its tail sways from side to side as if conducting its body. I consider how free that cat is. How lovely it must be to be the conductor of your own symphony, your own life. I take a deep breath in an attempt to calm myself. That will be me soon, I hope, when I get to Australia.

I take one last look down the street but I can’t see either of them. They must be in the lobby. Maybe Andriu has brought Faye inside to calm her down. Maybe he called her a taxi and is waiting with her for it to arrive. But what is she doing here in the first place if she’s supposed to be in hospital? Did she just leave? Is she really that unhinged?