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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

‘I’m in the dark about so much too, Rob. I don’t know where Greg is, or why he left. All I know is that he became distant after the dinner party. He’s never been the most affectionate man, especially in public, but this was something else. And right before he went missing, he told me that he doesn’t trust Abby, that he’d seen a different side to her after being alone with her that night.’

Rob stares at her; this will be a shock to him, something new to digest along with all the doubt already in his mind. It takes him a minute to speak. ‘What did he mean?’

‘That’s the thing, I don’t know. He wouldn’t explain himself, and it’s impossible getting information out of Greg at the best of times.’

Again, Rob is silent, digesting this new information. ‘What do you think he meant?’

At the time she hadn’t known, but now it is clear, even though it makes Greg a hypocrite. Abby may have shown herself to be untrustworthy by cheating on Rob, but Greg did exactly the same. So why had he turned it all on Abby? Something else must have happened between them.

‘Maybe they had some sort of argument?’ she tells Rob, omitting the rest of what’s weighing her down. ‘I’ve tried to talk to her, but she won’t explain anything.’

‘I’ll talk to her,’ Rob says. ‘There’s another thing I don’t understand. When you came to our house that night, you mentioned going to the police about Abby. What did you mean?’

‘If she wasn’t going to be honest with me, then I thought maybe the police could get the truth out of her.’

‘About where Greg is?’

She nods.

‘But we can’t be sure that Abby knows anything about that, can we?’ Rob is already talking himself out of believing Sienna. She needs to try harder. ‘And what’s this about Brighton?’

Sienna tells him about the police tracing Greg’s debit card.

‘Well, that’s good news, isn’t it? It means he’s—’

‘Alive? Yes. Unless someone stole his wallet.’ That doesn’t seem likely, though, when they’ve only used it to buy a coffee. ‘And he’s still not home, is he?’ she continues. ‘He still left without a word, without taking anything.’

Rob nods.

‘Anyway, I’m ready to confront him on Monday, and maybe then we’ll both have some answers.’

‘Yes,’ Rob says. ‘That’s what we all need.’

When he leaves a short time later, Sienna can’t be sure where Rob’s mind is.

This is okay, though. Maybe it’s good that he will have these last few days before his world crashes down around him. She will be there to pick up the pieces.

TWENTY-SIX

Abby