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Chapters (69)
  1. Cover
  2. About the Book
  3. Dedication
  4. PROLOGUE
  5. CHAPTER 1
  6. CHAPTER 2
  7. CHAPTER 3
  8. CHAPTER 4
  9. CHAPTER 5
  10. CHAPTER 6
  11. CHAPTER 7
  12. CHAPTER 8
  13. CHAPTER 9
  14. CHAPTER 10
  15. CHAPTER 11
  16. CHAPTER 12
  17. CHAPTER 13
  18. CHAPTER 14
  19. CHAPTER 15
  20. CHAPTER 16
  21. CHAPTER 17
  22. CHAPTER 18
  23. CHAPTER 19
  24. CHAPTER 20
  25. CHAPTER 21
  26. CHAPTER 22
  27. CHAPTER 23
  28. CHAPTER 24
  29. CHAPTER 25
  30. CHAPTER 26
  31. CHAPTER 27
  32. CHAPTER 28
  33. CHAPTER 29
  34. CHAPTER 30
  35. CHAPTER 31
  36. CHAPTER 32
  37. CHAPTER 33
  38. CHAPTER 34
  39. CHAPTER 35
  40. CHAPTER 36
  41. CHAPTER 37
  42. CHAPTER 38
  43. CHAPTER 39
  44. CHAPTER 40
  45. CHAPTER 41
  46. CHAPTER 42
  47. CHAPTER 43
  48. CHAPTER 44
  49. CHAPTER 45
  50. CHAPTER 46
  51. CHAPTER 47
  52. CHAPTER 48
  53. CHAPTER 49
  54. CHAPTER 50
  55. CHAPTER 51
  56. CHAPTER 52
  57. CHAPTER 53
  58. CHAPTER 54
  59. CHAPTER 55
  60. CHAPTER 56
  61. CHAPTER 57
  62. EPILOGUE
  63. Extract from The Deep
  64. PROLOGUE
  65. CHAPTER 1
  66. CHAPTER 2
  67. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  68. About the Author
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Cierra: ‘Where were you when a teacher seduced me, snuck into my room to sleep with me, then said no one would ever believe me? I was too scared to do anything. I didn’t want anyone else getting hurt.’

Georgia: ‘Where were you all – so in love with justice – when I tried to honour the First Peoples of this place?’

Bree: ‘Where were you when I tried to tell you that my best friend, Denni, was going to kill herself? Where were you when the same thoughts came into my head?’

Cierra: ‘Down in the towns, they hide and wait. Up in our bedrooms, they hide and kill.’

Georgia: ‘The world’s hungry men, who treat girls like strays. Who’ll silence their cries and make them obey.’

Bree: ‘Don’t believe what the adults say: we teenage girls can find a way.’

Jasmine: ‘Join the movement and disappear, and see what they do when we are not here.’

The video cut to Madison, on her bed, with the four girls on either side of her.

‘Teenage girls of the world: join the movement. Pack a bag, take a tent, and go missing for a week. Make the people in your life appreciate you, get them to see you for who you are. This is the Hungry Man movement. #HungryManMovement, #JusticeForTeenageGirls. #TheKundelaGame.’

The video ended.

None of them knew what to say. It was like the aftermath of a bomb.

‘There’s one more video,’ said Con eventually.

‘What Bree said about Denni,’ said Eliza, struggling to get the words out. ‘No one . . . I had no idea Denni was suicidal. Who did Bree tell?’

‘I think I need a moment,’ said Gabriella.

Murphy leaned over them all and clicked play.

It was Jasmine, in a light blue Billabong jacket and hiking tights. She was in a different bedroom, much less lush than Madison’s; Con assumed it was her own.

Murphy moaned. Jasmine was dressed in the same clothes she’d been wearing in that video Madison had posted the school bus, the first day of the camp. This must have been what she was wearing the last time Murphy saw her.

‘Hi, Dad.’ She smiled, but she had been crying. ‘I asked Madison to give this to you six months after we go missing. I’m sorry it’s not sooner, but I couldn’t risk you ruining what I’m trying to do here. I’m sure you’ve watched the other videos, but always remember you’re still my dad. Mum made me swear never to tell you, but . . .’ She began crying. ‘I confronted Butch, and he had the balls to tell me that Mum came on to him. He said that she gave consent, that she wanted it. Both of us know Mum would never do that.