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Back No Going Back: a Novel Save as PDF
Chapters (84)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Part 1
  4. 1
  5. 2
  6. 3
  7. 4
  8. 5
  9. 6
  10. 7
  11. 8
  12. 9
  13. 10
  14. 11
  15. 12
  16. 13
  17. 14
  18. Part 2
  19. 15
  20. 16
  21. 17
  22. 18
  23. 19
  24. 20
  25. 21
  26. 22
  27. 23
  28. 24
  29. 25
  30. 26
  31. 27
  32. 28
  33. 29
  34. 30
  35. 31
  36. 32
  37. Part 3
  38. 33
  39. 34
  40. 35
  41. 36
  42. 37
  43. 38
  44. 39
  45. 40
  46. 41
  47. 42
  48. Part 4
  49. 43
  50. 44
  51. 45
  52. 46
  53. 47
  54. 48
  55. 49
  56. 50
  57. 51
  58. 52
  59. Part 5
  60. 53
  61. 54
  62. 55
  63. 56
  64. 57
  65. 58
  66. Part 6
  67. 59
  68. 60
  69. 61
  70. 62
  71. 63
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  73. 65
  74. 66
  75. 67
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  78. 70
  79. 71
  80. 72
  81. Acknowledgments
  82. About the Author
  83. Also by Sheena Kamal
  84. About the Publisher

What he saw was a face he recognized all too well. Curtis Parnell, the biker who’d been affiliated with Three Phoenix. When Brazuca was investigating the supply chain for Bernard Lam, trying to find who was responsible for his mistress’s overdose death, Brazuca had made an enemy of Parnell. He shouldn’t have been surprised to see the biker there, but he was. Parnell took Nora, and now she’s gone. Dao is gone, too. He tried to save her and failed. Now he feels nothing. No outrage, no fear. Weary resignation is all that’s left of him.

He puts his phone to charge and lies down. Waits for it to ring with news about Nora.

It doesn’t.

58

Bonnie replays the Indonesia video over and over. She has seen it a hundred times. Her father, Everett, walked into her bedroom at the cabin once, when it was playing. He was angry at her for watching something so violent, but she didn’t have the heart to tell him it was the guy from the time she’d been kidnapped.

The video becomes an obsession. Dao looked different from how she remembered him. Thinner. Even more frightening.

She’s so scared. But it’s not like she can go back to Toronto, where someone tried to grab her off the street. She focuses as much as she can on schoolwork. The private school she’s enrolled in is based on modules and not on classroom attendance, so at least she’s not falling behind. But it’s still hard to concentrate and she keeps waking up in the night. Even though the burns on her wrists were mild and have disappeared, she still feels them stinging.

It snows every day. With its snow-capped mountains and never-ending forests, it’s the most beautiful place she’s ever been—and she grew up in Vancouver.

Lynn also works from the cabin. Every day they go to Whistler Village for lunch. Everett and Adele are on a work trip, but they promise to visit this coming weekend.

“I haven’t heard you talk about your friend Alix in a while,” says Lynn. “What’s she up to?”

“We got into a fight,” Bonnie says, picking at her salad.

“Why? What happened?”

“She posted a photo of me on social. My account is set to private, but hers isn’t.” She catches Lynn’s worried look. “I told her to take it down as soon as I saw it. But she knows how I feel about posting stuff.”

“What was the photo of?”

“Me in front of the ski lift in Whistler Village. We were messaging the other day while I was waiting for you outside and she asked for a pic.”

“You mean right here?” Lynn asks, gesturing out the window. “Did she tag your location?”