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Back The Lucky Eight
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

‘What the hell is going on with you, Clodagh?’ he asked, his voice low and angry. ‘I’ve tried to call you countless times. You’ve been ignoring my calls on purpose, haven’t you? And don’t think I haven’t noticed that you’ve deleted the app. What have you been doing that’s so secret I’m not allowed to know about it?’

‘I wasn’t ignoring your calls,’ Clodagh said, bristling at his tone. ‘Not that it’s any of your business.’

‘Is that what you’ve been doing?’ he said. ‘Waiting until I’ve gone to London so you can sneak around behind my back?’

‘I haven’t been sneaking around behind your back.’

‘Bullshit!’ He stood up and took a step towards her. For one terrible moment, she thought he was going to hit her.

‘Jesus Christ.’ He shook his head. ‘There’s no need to look so bloody scared. I’ve been worried sick, that’s all. I came home so we could spend some time together. I called you on the way back, but you didn’t pick up. Since then, I’ve been sitting here waiting for you to come home. Praying nothing bad had happened to you.’

‘How dare you talk to me like that?’ Clodagh said. ‘I’m entitled to a life of my own, whether you like it or not. Being your girlfriend isn’t enough for me. Not anymore.’

‘You blame me for the fact you’re not working?’ The anger was back in his voice. ‘You haven’t made any effort to find work since we got together. You haven’t written a CV or put any thought into what you might like to do. Instead, you spend your days sitting around feeling sorry for yourself and being jealous of me because I happen to have a job that I love.’

‘I am not jealous of you.’

‘Oh I think you are. You’re bored and unhappy. You think I don’t notice how miserable you are? I’ve tried everything I can to make you happy, but nothing’s good enough for you, is it? The harder I try, the more you shut me out. But I keep trying because I love you and I’m scared of losing you.’

‘You’re right,’ Clodagh said. ‘I am bored and unhappy. That’s not your fault. It’s mine. I should have done something about it ages ago. But I wanted so badly for this to work out…’

‘It still can work out,’ Adam said. ‘You just need to try a bit harder, that’s all.’

‘No.’ Clodagh shook her head. ‘I’m done trying. I don’t want to be with you. There’s nothing you can say or do that will make me change my mind. We’re finished.’