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Chapters (64)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Prologue
  4. Five Years Later
  5. One
  6. Two
  7. Three
  8. Four
  9. Five
  10. Six
  11. Seven
  12. Eight
  13. Nine
  14. Ten
  15. Eleven
  16. Twelve
  17. Thirteen
  18. Fourteen
  19. Fifteen
  20. Sixteen
  21. Seventeen
  22. Eighteen
  23. Nineteen
  24. Twenty
  25. Twenty-one
  26. Twenty-two
  27. Twenty-three
  28. Twenty-four
  29. Twenty-five
  30. Twenty-six
  31. Twenty-seven
  32. Twenty-eight
  33. Twenty-nine
  34. Thirty
  35. Thirty-one
  36. Thirty-two
  37. Thirty-three
  38. Thirty-four
  39. Thirty-five
  40. Thirty-six
  41. Thirty-seven
  42. Thirty-eight
  43. Thirty-nine
  44. Forty
  45. Forty-one
  46. Forty-two
  47. Forty-three
  48. Forty-four
  49. Forty-five
  50. Forty-six
  51. Forty-seven
  52. Forty-eight
  53. Forty-nine
  54. Fifty
  55. Fifty-one
  56. Fifty-two
  57. Fifty-three
  58. Fifty-four
  59. Fifty-five
  60. Epilogue
  61. Acknowledgements
  62. Canelo Crime
  63. About the Author
  64. Also by Sheila Bugler

‘That’s enough, Jake.’ Adam spoke calmly but Clodagh heard the edge of anger in his voice. She hoped Jake had heard it too. ‘Clodagh’s right. It doesn’t matter if this messes up our plans for the show.’

‘That’s not what you said earlier this week,’ Jake said. ‘The last time we spoke, I got the distinct impression you were extremely concerned about the impact all of this was going to have on the deal with Trident.’

‘I was wrong,’ Adam said. ‘I’ve been wrong about a whole load of stuff recently.’

Clodagh wanted to ask what he meant by that, but she wasn’t about to do that in front of Jake.

‘Robbie wasn’t your fault,’ Jake said.

‘Robbie?’ Clodagh looked from Adam to Jake, then back at Adam again. ‘What does he mean by that, Adam?’

‘Nothing.’

‘Bullshit.’ A flare of anger rose up inside her. ‘What the hell is wrong with you both? You’re like a pair of stupid kids with your secrets and your plotting. Tell me what Jake is talking about, or I swear to God I will pack my bags and never come back.’

Something came up behind the anger now. Fear. Because the last Clodagh had heard, Adam didn’t know why Robbie had stepped down from the charity.

‘What happened with Robbie?’ she said.

‘You know what happened,’ Jake said. ‘He stepped down from his role and disappeared.’

‘No,’ Clodagh said. ‘There’s more to it than that. What is it you’re not telling me? Adam? Talk to me.’

‘There’s nothing to say,’ Adam said, but he wouldn’t look at her when he spoke and she knew he was lying.

Clodagh stood up, unable to bear being with them a moment longer.

‘Hey,’ Adam said, as she walked off. ‘Where are you going?’

‘As far away from here as I can.’ She looked at Felicity. ‘Good luck getting home with him. I don’t envy you.’

She heard Adam shouting at her to come back, but she didn’t turn around. She barely knew who he was these days, she realised. He had lied about the argument he’d had with Nick, he hadn’t told her that Tara had called him the day she was killed, and he sure as hell wasn’t telling her the full story about why Robbie Fuson had disappeared.

Thirty-two

Grace and Rachel were heading out for a walk when the phone call came through.

‘Sorry,’ Rachel said, pulling the phone out of her bag. ‘I’ve got to take this. It’s work.’

‘I thought today was your day off?’ Grace’s voice made it clear she didn’t approve of this last-minute interruption to their plans.