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Chapters (67)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. PROLOGUE
  4. PART ONE
  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. PART TWO
  23. EIGHTEEN
  24. NINETEEN
  25. TWENTY
  26. TWENTY-ONE
  27. TWENTY-TWO
  28. TWENTY-THREE
  29. TWENTY-FOUR
  30. TWENTY-FIVE
  31. TWENTY-SIX
  32. TWENTY-SEVEN
  33. TWENTY-EIGHT
  34. TWENTY-NINE
  35. PART THREE
  36. THIRTY
  37. THIRTY-ONE
  38. THIRTY-TWO
  39. THIRTY-THREE
  40. THIRTY-FOUR
  41. THIRTY-FIVE
  42. THIRTY-SIX
  43. THIRTY-SEVEN
  44. THIRTY-EIGHT
  45. THIRTY-NINE
  46. PART FOUR
  47. FORTY
  48. FORTY-ONE
  49. FORTY-TWO
  50. FORTY-THREE
  51. FORTY-FOUR
  52. FORTY-FIVE
  53. FORTY-SIX
  54. FORTY-SEVEN
  55. FORTY-EIGHT
  56. FORTY-NINE
  57. FIFTY
  58. FIFTY-ONE
  59. FIFTY-TWO
  60. FIFTY-THREE
  61. FIFTY-FOUR
  62. EPILOGUE
  63. Mailing list
  64. A Letter from Kathryn
  65. Acknowledgements
  66. About the Author
  67. Also by Kathryn Croft

Abby struggles for breath. ‘Fine,’ she says. ‘He was… easy to talk to.’ She almost winces.

‘Is there anything else you can tell us that might help our investigation? Anything at all?’

She shakes her head.

‘Let us know if you do think of anything.’ He glances around the room before fixing his eyes on her once more. ‘You’d be surprised what people remember given a bit of time. Things that might not seem important, then suddenly are.’ He smiles. It’s not a comforting or friendly gesture.

Abby half expects him to confront her right then and there until DC Roberts suddenly stands. ‘Well, thank you for your time. We’ll be in touch if we need to ask you anything else.’

Once he’s gone, she closes the front door and leans back against it, her breathing rapid and shallow. What kind of game is Sienna playing?

‘I went to see her,’ Abby tells Rob when he calls later that evening. She’s not going to keep from him that the police paid her a visit; she just won’t tell him over the phone when he’s in another country.

‘And how is she?’ His voice sounds different, although she can’t figure out in what way. Quieter perhaps. Subdued.

‘Well, she seems to think I know where Greg is.’ She has to tell Rob at least this much; she hates keeping this from him.

‘It doesn’t make sense,’ he says. ‘Why would she think that?’

‘I think she’s just getting paranoid because he stayed the night here. She assumes he must have told me that he was planning to leave her. Something like that. It’s nonsense, Rob – he said nothing about leaving her.’

Rob falls silent, weighing up her words. What sense is he making of them?

‘Are you having a good time there?’ she asks when he doesn’t reply. She needs to steer him away from the conversation they’ve been having.

‘Actually, yes, it’s been good to spend time with my parents,’ he says, quickly falling silent again.

When it becomes clear he won’t say anything else, Abby speaks. ‘What have you been doing?’

‘Mum and I have been going for long walks, just talking about… everything.’

She doesn’t like the sound of this; there’s no telling what poison Lillian is infecting him with. ‘Just you and your mum? Doesn’t your dad go with you?’

‘He’s done something to his ankle and can’t do too much at the moment. He’s mostly been sitting by the pool reading. He’s fine, though. Look, I’d better go. I’ll see you on Friday. Flight’s at twelve so I should be back around dinner time.’

Two more nights; that’s all she has to get through. Daytimes are fine, but when darkness falls it brings with it the intense feeling that she’s not safe.

TWENTY-FIVE

Sienna