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Chapters (65)
  1. Cover
  2. Chapter 1
  3. Chapter 2
  4. Chapter 3
  5. Chapter 4
  6. Chapter 5
  7. Chapter 6
  8. Chapter 7
  9. Chapter 8
  10. Chapter 9
  11. Chapter 10
  12. Chapter 11
  13. Chapter 12
  14. Chapter 13
  15. Chapter 14
  16. Chapter 15
  17. Chapter 16
  18. Chapter 17
  19. Chapter 18
  20. Chapter 19
  21. Chapter 20
  22. Chapter 21
  23. Chapter 22
  24. Chapter 23
  25. Chapter 24
  26. Chapter 25
  27. Chapter 26
  28. Chapter 27
  29. Chapter 28
  30. Chapter 29
  31. Chapter 30
  32. Chapter 31
  33. Chapter 32
  34. Chapter 33
  35. Chapter 34
  36. Chapter 35
  37. Chapter 36
  38. Chapter 37
  39. Chapter 38
  40. Chapter 39
  41. Chapter 40
  42. Chapter 41
  43. Chapter 42
  44. Chapter 43
  45. Chapter 44
  46. Chapter 45
  47. Chapter 46
  48. Chapter 47
  49. Chapter 48
  50. Chapter 49
  51. Chapter 50
  52. Chapter 51
  53. Chapter 52
  54. Chapter 53
  55. Chapter 54
  56. Chapter 55
  57. Chapter 56
  58. Chapter 57
  59. Chapter 58
  60. Chapter 59
  61. Chapter 60
  62. Acknowledgements
  63. Canelo Crime
  64. About the Author
  65. Also by Rachel Lynch

‘Armed police! Stop!’

‘Will? Don’t shoot. He’s one of us.’

Armed Response lowered their weapons.

‘You need to get in there,’ Will said. ‘Jordan’s here. Liam tried to stop him…’

‘Oh Jesus.’

Chapter 53

Jordan’s mind had been made up in a split second, and he charged at Adam. But before he could get to him, the guy Will had called Liam pushed Adam out of his way. Adam fell to the floor and Liam spun around.

‘Give us a knife, lad. I’ll do it for you. You don’t want to go to prison for the rest of your life. Your mum wouldn’t want that.’

Everything was happening so fast, Jordan’s head was spinning. Jason made for the door, but Will blocked him.

‘Where do you think you’re going?’ He stood in the doorway and Jason pulled a knife.

‘Come on then, lad,’ Will said.

Jason charged at him, but he was no match for the policeman, who took him down with a single punch. The knife clattered to the floor and Will jumped on Jason and cuffed him.

Adam was cowering against a wall. Jordan realised he must be unarmed. If he’d been tooled up, he’d have pulled it by now.

‘Don’t do it, Jordan.’ Will held up his hands.

‘I want to cut him so bad.’ Jordan didn’t know where the words came from; all he could see was his mother lying in a pool of her own blood and Adam Cotton running away. ‘Who else did it? Who was the other one?’

‘I know you want to see him in pain,’ Will said.

‘Give me the knives, Jordan.’ That was Liam.

Jordan moved closer and closer to Adam, who looked around frantically for options.

‘Hold him, Liam,’ Will said, and ran towards the door. Jason banged his head on the floor like a chained animal. Will ignored him.

Jordan looked at Liam, then to Adam, and back again.

They heard Will’s voice outside, and then Kelly shouting. They were coming in.

Jordan’s eyes stung with tears and he knew that Liam was almost next to him. He felt his grip on the knives loosen but held on. He couldn’t see properly through the blur, but the rage in his heart hurt so bad.

It wasn’t a choice. It wasn’t conscious. He felt outside his own body as he witnessed it run towards Adam Cotton with the two knives in the air.

The last thing he saw was the face of his mother.

Chapter 54

The armed response team entered the room.

‘Get down! Armed police!’