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Chapters (56)
  1. SINNER
  2. Dedication
  3. Epigraph
  4. 1
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  52. Acknowledgements
  53. Keep Reading …
  54. About the Author
  55. Also by Jacqui Rose
  56. About the Publisher

‘That they’d brought the boy here to film him? And you scared them off? Yeah, I do. It’s the perfect place. No one comes here and it’s a long way from anyone. No one’s going to hear you scream.’

Swallowing hard, Alfie nodded, closing his eyes as he saw the image of the little boy’s haunted face.

‘Alf, listen, I know this is hard for you. Let’s get out of here.’

He shook his head. ‘It’s not hard for me, not really. For me it’s over, but for that little boy, whoever he is, it’s probably only just begun. We have to find him, Franny. Him and Mia.’

As Franny took Alfie’s hand partly to comfort him and partly to comfort herself, she nodded in agreement. ‘Yeah, and the first person we need to go back and talk to is Charlie Eton.’

31

Back at the car park outside Queen’s Hospital, Franny stared at Alfie. Her thoughts were a muddle and it felt like she was spiralling. The pain in her chest was constant and she couldn’t shake the sense of nausea away. Even to concentrate on everyday things seemed harder with each passing moment. All she could think of was Mia and it was all she could do to stop Alfie finding out but that didn’t stop her wishing she could tell Alfie everything. To share it with him. To relieve her burden, but she knew that was impossible.

Panicked she shook her head. ‘No way, you ain’t going in to see him. You hear me, Alf? You’ve already made a mess of things. So, no, you ain’t going in.’

Angrily, Alfie raised his voice, irritated and on edge. ‘Don’t tell me what I’m going to do. There’s a kid out there who needs my help.’

It was like a firework had gone off in her head as she screamed at Alfie, unable to keep her emotions under control. ‘There is, but there’s also Mia to think of! Have you forgotten about her! Have you? Well have you?’

‘Calm down, Fran, for fuck’s sake!’

‘No I won’t calm fucking down, not until you listen! I’m not going to let you storm in there and ruin everything.’

Bemused as Franny burst into tears, Alfie snapped, ‘What the fuck are you talking about?’

Trying to get her temper back under control, Franny took a deep breath and shook her head. Even though the stakes somehow seemed even higher now, she still had to keep her eye on the ultimate goal. Find Mia and then get the hell out. All along she knew that if Alfie ever found out about Mia and Bree, he would kill her, but more so now than ever.