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Chapters (64)
  1. THE MISSING WIFE
  2. PRAISE FOR SAM CARRINGTON
  3. Dedication
  4. 1
  5. 2
  6. 3
  7. 4
  8. 5
  9. 6
  10. 7
  11. 8
  12. 9
  13. 10
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  55. 52
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  57. THE EPILOGUE
  58. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  59. Prologue
  60. Chapter One
  61. Chapter Two
  62. About the Author
  63. By the same author
  64. About the Publisher

‘You don’t need to know the full story, Louisa. It’s best you don’t. Like I said, I was trying to find out more about Helen’s disappearance, and seeing Oliver going in and out of hers made me think she knew more than she was letting on, that she’d been in on it too. She’d known Helen and she was your best friend. I saw red when all she did was deny everything. She said you couldn’t know anything, that what Oliver was saying about you was malicious and unfounded, and you’d have confided in her if it were true. That’s when I knew everything was falling apart all over again – my belief that I was beginning to pull things together shattered in that moment. I was never going to find where my sister’s body was. So, I wanted all of you to suffer.’

Louisa realised she’d been gullible up to now and had absolutely no reason to trust the woman standing in front of her. All that came from her mouth could be lies. But against her better judgement, she believed Melissa. What she was saying made sense now, given all the facts, the supposed facts, the fragments of memory, the way Oliver had come back into her life and manipulated her.

‘I get that. I know I should suffer. I’ll hand myself in to the police, tell them everything I know.’

‘No. It won’t stick. You may well get arrested but they will only have your story. Once they speak to Oliver, he’ll give his account. And I’m not being funny, I don’t know you, but from what you’ve said about the amnesia, a good lawyer would take you apart.’

‘Then what? What do you want from me?’

‘I want Oliver to suffer. I want him to pay for what he did then, and for what he’s been doing since. He’s destroyed my life whilst being beside me, holding my hand while he’s doing it. He’s evil, Louisa. He’s spun all these lies for years and now made complete fools out of both of us.’

‘I’m not sure where this is going …’ Although her twisting gut informed her otherwise.

‘We need to confront him together,’ Melissa said firmly. ‘Tonight.’

49

THE TRAP

‘I’m planning on going out with some of the old crowd tonight, would that be okay?’ Louisa held the mobile phone so tight to her ear that it hurt. Every muscle in her body was taut, like a coiled spring awaiting its release.