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Chapters (52)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. BOOK ONE
  6. Chapter One
  7. Chapter Two
  8. Chapter Three
  9. Chapter Four
  10. Chapter Five
  11. Chapter Six
  12. Chapter Seven
  13. Chapter Eight
  14. Chapter Nine
  15. Chapter Ten
  16. Chapter Eleven
  17. Chapter Twelve
  18. Chapter Thirteen
  19. Chapter Fourteen
  20. Chapter Fifteen
  21. Chapter Sixteen
  22. Chapter Seventeen
  23. Chapter Eighteen
  24. Chapter Nineteen
  25. Chapter Twenty
  26. Chapter Twenty-One
  27. Chapter Twenty-Two
  28. Chapter Twenty-Three
  29. Chapter Twenty-Four
  30. Chapter Twenty-Five
  31. BOOK TWO
  32. Chapter Twenty-Six
  33. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  34. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  35. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  36. Chapter Thirty
  37. Chapter Thirty-One
  38. Chapter Thirty-Two
  39. Chapter Thirty-Three
  40. Chapter Thirty-Four
  41. Chapter Thirty-Five
  42. Chapter Thirty-Six
  43. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  44. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  45. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  46. BOOK THREE
  47. Chapter Forty
  48. Chapter Forty-One
  49. Chapter Forty-Two
  50. Chapter Forty-Three
  51. Chapter Forty-Four
  52. Epilogue

Alan relaxed back in his chair and began to talk about a violent London pimp. Donna knew then that the first magic of the house and its occupants would never come back to her again. Sighing she sipped her coffee, staring out over the beautiful grounds.

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Timmy was lying on his bunk, his fat moon face sad. Georgio could practically smell the fear emanating from him.

‘Are you sure you don’t want to come down to the rec room, Tim? Have a game of cards or something?’

Timmy shook his head. ‘Nah. You go, Georgio. I’ll be all right. I just want to lay down and think.’

Georgio left the cell and the foetid pong of Timmy’s feet. He passed the kitchen just as Sadie walked out of it.

‘I put the pie in,’ she said fussing. ‘Timmy loves a rhubarb pie. Where you off to?’

Georgio pointed down the corridor. ‘Where do you think? The rec room. I can’t sit in that cell any more. Why don’t you come down for a while? The film should be starting in a minute on Channel Four. It’s The Winslow Boy. You need a break and all, Sadie.’

She looked towards Timmy’s cell for a second then followed Georgio down to the recreation room. Old black and white movies were her favourites.

Inside, the noise was deafening. Chopper and Ricky were playing the game, the game being fronting each other up. All the other cons watched them surreptitiously while playing pool, cards, or Scrabble. Benjamin Dawes was regaling everyone with jokes as usual. Georgio sat down at an empty table and began to watch Leroy, Ricky’s number two, cutting out pictures of naked women from a copy of Parade.

‘I never noticed before how many women in magazines are blonde. Strange that, ain’t it?’ Leroy’s voice was amazed. ‘I never had much need for this type of thing on the outside, always had a bird in tow. Now I get me jollies by looking at pictures. Fucking pathetic really, ain’t it?’ He threw the magazines on to the table and sighed. ‘Want a game of chess, Georgio?’

Georgio was surprised. ‘Do you play?’

Leroy laughed out loud. ‘Do I play? You’re looking at the Hollandsy Bay Borstal chess champion, mate. Mind you, it was easy because most of them played it like draughts! I’ll get the board.’

Benjamin’s voice sang out loud. ‘That pie smells the dog’s bollocks, Sadie. Can I have a lump when it’s cooked?’

She grinned girlishly. ‘You’re such a bleeding greedy guts, how did your mother stand it?’