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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

‘You can stay at the house,’ Adam said, as they sat at one of the outside tables with their food and drinks. ‘I’ll give you as much space as you need.’

‘Thanks, but I don’t think it’s a good idea.’

He would be in her space all the time, checking if she was okay and doing everything he could to get her to change her mind.

‘Well at least let me drive you back home so you can pick up some of your stuff,’ Adam said. ‘You left last night without anything.’

‘I’m not sure,’ she said. ‘Wouldn’t it be better if I come over when you’re not there?’

‘I’m meeting Jake for lunch.’ Adam looked at his watch. ‘He’s getting the train to Lewes. We’re going to make a plan for getting my career back on track. I’ve worked too hard to give up without a fight.’

He was choosing to put his efforts into saving his career, over trying to win her back. It was exactly what Clodagh needed to hear.

‘You know what, Adam? A lift back would be great. Thank you.’

They were in the car, driving back to Bramhurst, when her phone rang.

‘I see you’ve finally remembered to charge it up,’ Adam said. ‘Miracles really do happen.’

‘Smart arse.’

She took the phone out of her bag and saw Bella’s name on the screen.

‘I’ve managed to get into the files on the memory stick,’ Bella said, when Clodagh answered. ‘You need to see them right away.’

‘It’s not a good time right now,’ Clodagh said, glancing at Adam.

He was looking straight in front of him, at the road ahead, but she couldn’t be sure he wasn’t listening to the conversation.

‘When is a good time then?’

‘I’m not sure,’ Clodagh said. ‘I’ll call you in a bit, okay?’

Bella started to say something else, but Clodagh cut her off.

‘Everything okay?’ Adam asked as Clodagh switched her phone off and put it back in her bag.

‘It’s just Bella. She’s having a hard time with Simon at the moment.’

‘You sure that’s all it was?’

‘What else would it be?’ Clodagh said.

‘I don’t know. You two seem to have grown very close these last few weeks, that’s all.’

For a moment, she wondered what he suspected she’d been doing. Before she realised it didn’t matter. They weren’t a couple now and she didn’t have to explain her actions to him if she didn’t want to.

Forty-four