BooksBarbecue
Back The Missing Wife Save as PDF
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
  14. 11
  15. 12
  16. 13
  17. 14
  18. 15
  19. 16
  20. 17
  21. 18
  22. 19
  23. 20
  24. 21
  25. 22
  26. 23
  27. 24
  28. 25
  29. 26
  30. 27
  31. 28
  32. 29
  33. 30
  34. 31
  35. 32
  36. 33
  37. 34
  38. 35
  39. 36
  40. 37
  41. 38
  42. 39
  43. 40
  44. 41
  45. 42
  46. 43
  47. 44
  48. 45
  49. 46
  50. 47
  51. 48
  52. 49
  53. 50
  54. 51
  55. 52
  56. 53
  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

Louisa lowered her gaze from his. Doing something so terrible in the name of love was astounding, and she couldn’t help but question if she would have done the same for him. She had been besotted by Oliver; always thought of him as her one true love. Maybe she would’ve done. But now they were adults. Louisa had two beautiful children. If someone hit and killed Emily, if she disappeared and never returned, she knew she’d never cope. She owed it to this woman’s family to tell them what happened to their daughter.

‘We have to tell the police, Oliver.’

‘What? No! Don’t be stupid, Lou.’ Oliver propelled himself off the sofa. ‘You’d lose everything. I would too. And how would it look now, with Melissa missing?’

‘What was her name? You said you knew who it was.’

‘No.’ Oliver shook his head fervently. ‘It won’t do you any good knowing. Really, trust me. It messes with your head and you’ll never stop thinking about it, or her. I shouldn’t have told you.’

Cries erupted from Noah’s pram. Louisa stumbled from the lounge to get him.

‘He needs a bottle,’ she said, handing Noah to Oliver before going to the kitchen.

For the moment, she didn’t want to look at Oliver – at the man who’d just destroyed her life in a matter of minutes.

This morning her main worry had been what Oliver was doing at Tiff’s. The worst of her worries was what had happened to Melissa, and whether she herself had something to do with her disappearance.

This afternoon, she’d become a murderer and a liar.

30

THE SEARCH

Tuesday a.m. – Day 11 post-party

Louisa watched the screen of her mobile and silenced the alarm as soon as it began. She’d set it for 5.30 a.m. so she could be up half an hour before Brian, but she needn’t have bothered. She hadn’t slept at all. She’d lain awake, her head swimming with Oliver’s words, his story about what she’d done. What he’d done. The secret they’d buried. How was she ever going to rectify it? There was only one way – she had to tell the police. Get Oliver to tell them where the poor woman’s body was.