Chapters (48)
- Cover
- THEFEUD
- Dedication
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- PROLOGUE
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- SIX
- SEVEN
- EIGHT
- NINE
- TEN
- ELEVEN
- TWELVE
- THIRTEEN
- FOURTEEN
- FIFTEEN
- SIXTEEN
- SEVENTEEN
- EIGHTEEN
- NINETEEN
- TWENTY
- TWENTY-ONE
- TWENTY-TWO
- TWENTY-THREE
- TWENTY-FOUR
- TWENTY-FIVE
- TWENTY-SIX
- TWENTY-SEVEN
- TWENTY-EIGHT
- TWENTY-NINE
- THIRTY
- THIRTY-ONE
- THIRTY-TWO
- THIRTY-THREE
- THIRTY-FOUR
- THIRTY-FIVE
- THIRTY-SIX
- THIRTY-SEVEN
- THIRTY-EIGHT
- THIRTY-NINE
- FORTY
- FORTY-ONE
- FORTY-TWO
- FORTY-THREE
‘I’ll tell you what, why don’t we go and get a Maccy D’s? And then later, when it’s dark, I’ll clear me dad’s shit out of that spare room and we can make ourselves a nice romantic campfire to sit round.’
Frankie kissed him. She had not sat around a campfire since she was a kid. Her dad used to make a big thing of Bonfire Night when she and Joey were little. ‘Perfect,’ she said.
As he shut the trailer door, Jed smiled. Later, those photos would go up in smoke and then his beautiful girlfriend would never be any the wiser.
With his brain doing overtime, Eddie got out of bed as soon as the birds began to sing.
‘Can’t you sleep, love?’ Jessica asked softly.
Eddie sat on the edge of the bed and held his arms out for a hug. ‘Listen, I can’t rest not knowing what our Frankie’s up to. Today I’m gonna bring her home, Jess, and I need you to do me a favour. I don’t think there’ll be any trouble, but I don’t want you here until she’s home. I want you to take Joey and stay at your parents’ for a couple of days.’
Jessica moved from her husband’s grasp. ‘How are you gonna bring her home? You’re not gonna do anything silly, are you, Eddie?’
‘Of course not. Me and Raymond know exactly what we’re doing. I swear to you, Jess, all I want is our baby home, safe and sound.’
Unable to stop thinking about what Joey had told her, Jessica got more involved than usual. ‘What about Jed? What are you planning to do to him? I know you better than you think, Eddie, and if you hurt that boy, then I’m leaving you for good.’
Eddie looked at Jessica in amazement. Her leaving him was never going to happen. ‘What the hell are you talking about? Has someone been telling tales about me, or what?’
Jessica shook her head. She had promised Joey that she would never repeat what he had told her. ‘If you say one word, Dom will be as good as dead, Mum,’ Joey had begged her.
‘I’m just worried, Ed. No one’s said anything to me, but I know what you’re like. When you’re on that Scotch you’re a different person. Just promise me that you won’t hurt Jed.’