Chapters (103)
- C.L. TAYLOR
- Copyright
- Praise for The Missing
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Thursday 5th February 2015
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Monday 11th August 2014
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Friday 22nd August 2014
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Tuesday 26th August 2014
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Thursday 25th September 2014
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Tuesday 7th October 2014
- Chapter 19
- Wednesday 8th October 2014
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Friday 10th October 2014
- Chapter 23
- Friday 24th October 2014
- Chapter 24
- Monday 3rd November 2014
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Tuesday 4th November 2014
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Saturday 8th November 2014
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Tuesday 25th November 2014
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 34
- Chapter 35
- Chapter 36
- Chapter 37
- Chapter 38
- Chapter 39
- Chapter 40
- Thursday 27th November 2014
- Chapter 41
- Chapter 42
- Chapter 43
- Friday 19th December 2014
- Chapter 44
- Chapter 45
- Friday 2nd January 2015
- Chapter 46
- Chapter 47
- Chapter 48
- Chapter 49
- Chapter 50
- Chapter 51
- Chapter 52
- Saturday 3rd January 2015
- Chapter 53
- Chapter 54
- Friday 16th January 2015
- Chapter 55
- Tuesday 27th January 2015
- Chapter 56
- Tuesday 27th January 2015
- Chapter 57
- Wednesday 28th January 2015
- Chapter 58
- Chapter 59
- Chapter 60
- Chapter 61
- Chapter 62
- Chapter 63
- Chapter 64
- Chapter 65
- Chapter 66
- Chapter 67
- Chapter 68
- Chapter 69
- A conversation with C.L. Taylor
- Book club questions for The Missing by C.L. Taylor
- Acknowledgements
- If you were gripped by The Missing, why not try …
- Author Note
- About the Author
- Also by C.L. Taylor
- About the Publisher
ICE9: You were out of order and you know it.
Jackdaw44: You were ignoring me. How else was I supposed to get your attention?
ICE9: Someone could have seen.
Jackdaw44: They didn’t though, did they? I like touching you up when other people are around. Turns me on that they have no idea what I’m doing.
ICE9: You’re the only one it turns on.
Jawdaw44: Liar.
ICE9: I’m not talking about this any more. You obviously don’t think you did anything wrong.
Jackdaw44: So you’re going to start ignoring me again?
ICE9: No shit.
Jackdaw44: Let’s see how well that works out for you.
ICE9: What’s that supposed to mean?
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ICE9: You’d better not be talking about what I think you’re talking about.
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ICE9: You’re lying. I looked through your phone after you said you’d deleted them and they were gone.
Jackdaw44: You didn’t look in all the folders though, did you? You didn’t look in the one called Graffiti?
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ICE9: You fucking arsehole. Delete that photo NOW.
Jackdaw44: OK. Deleted. Do you like this one better?
{file uploading … }
Jackdaw44: Still planning on ignoring me?
ICE9: I fucking hate you.
Jackdaw44: No, you don’t. Tell me you love me.
ICE9: No.
Jackdaw44: Looks like I’ll have to press ‘send’ then …
ICE9: I love you, OK. There. I said it. Now delete the photos.
Jackdaw44: You’re such a bad liar. Good fuck, bad liar.
ICE9: What do you want?
Jackdaw44: Sleep with me. There’s some stuff I want to try out.
ICE9: What kind of stuff?
Jackdaw44: Stuff in videos on the Internet. Hardcore shit. Looks fun.
ICE9: No.
Jackdaw44: OK. *presses send*
ICE9: Stop!
Jackdaw44: Changed your mind?
ICE9: If I do what you say how do I know you’ll delete the photos? How do I know you haven’t got them backed up on a memory disk or something?
Jackdaw44: You don’t. You’ll have to trust me.
ICE9: That worked out well last time.
Jackdaw44: That’s because I wanted to keep the photos to look at when we weren’t together. I don’t need them any more. I’ve got the Internet.
ICE9: I don’t trust you.
Jackdaw44: I’ll delete the photos in front of you and let you take a photo of me.
ICE9: Naked?
Jackdaw44: Yeah. Keep it on your phone. Call it collateral.
ICE9: You’d let me do that?
Jackdaw44: I told you. I want to see you again. I want to touch you. I want to fuck you. Let’s do it one more time then I’ll leave you alone. I promise.
ICE9: Just once? You swear? And you’ll delete the photos in front of me and let me go through your phone?
Jackdaw44: Yes.
ICE9: I’m not doing anything involving shit or piss.