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Back Her White Lie
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

I rush to the door to let Andriu back inside before turning my attention back to the phone in my hand. I notice I missed a WhatsApp message that Sean sent earlier. A screenshot of the man who Avril Ryan had charges out against. Sean’s friend in the courts must have sent it to him. I click on it while asking Andriu if Faye has left and telling him the cops are on their way.

‘She won’t be back tonight, Tara,’ he says. ‘Who are you calling?’

‘Lucas… I—’ The face on the screen causes me to freeze. Andriu is looking over my shoulder at an image of himself on my phone.

Chapter Sixty-Four

Faye

‘Is there a Lucas Jones here?’ I call out over the music at the small crowd in Reilly’s Bar. But no one seems to know or else they’re just ignoring me. I notice a blond man with his back to me at the far side of the bar so I rush over and step in front of him to see his face. It’s not him though. The barman reads my anxiety. He comes out from behind the bar and asks me what’s up.

‘I’m looking for Lucas Jones. I need to find him. He might be in here.’ My head darts from table to table, searching for the tall, blond Australian man. But I can’t see him.

‘Do you know Tara? She was in here last week? Tara is in trouble and I need to find her fiancé.’

‘Sorry but you’re going to have to leave, you can’t come in here shouting all over the place.’

‘But Tara’s in danger.’

‘Of course she is,’ he says, putting his hand on my shoulder. I shrug it off.

‘Don’t fucking touch me,’ I say. ‘Listen, there’s a woman in trouble in the apartment block beside you. She could get killed. I have to get in there.’

‘Ring the police then,’ the barman says, standing in front of me, making sure I don’t go any further. Everyone is looking at me now. They all think I’m mad. I look mad standing here in a light tracksuit top with no jacket in the freezing cold, shouting at customers. My head is a mess, my eyes red from crying. My face is probably flushed due to the lack of oxygen getting to it when Andriu was crushing my neck. These people probably think I’m high on drugs. That’s what it looks like.

I turn to leave. The barman is walking behind me as I make my way to the door.