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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

‘They dumped his body in that canal, Holly. I just can’t stop thinking about how he lay there for weeks. And it means any possible DNA evidence got washed away.’

‘It’s amazing what they can do these days. Don’t give up hope. We’ll know what happened to him sooner or later.’

All three of them eat their food, and while they’re clearing away, Holly turns to Sienna. ‘Jackson hasn’t eaten properly for days. This has been so good for him, thank you.’

It is good for Sienna too, having a small part of Greg here. She watches Jackson at the kitchen table, scrolling through his iPad. ‘I know this might seem strange,’ she says to Holly, ‘but if Jackson ever wanted to come over, any time, then he’s more than welcome. If it will help him to feel closer to Greg.’ His presence is everywhere, and maybe Jackson feels it as much as Sienna does.

‘You’re a good person, Sienna, thank you. I’ll let Jackson know.’

Sienna tries not to get her hopes up. Perhaps Jackson will disappear from her life, just as Greg has done, leaving no trace of her marriage. She still wants to be his stepmother, still is, as far as she’s concerned, and she needs Jackson to know this.

‘Well, we’d better get going,’ Holly is saying as she finishes loading the dishwasher.

‘Thank you for everything,’ Sienna says. ‘You and Jackson.’ She wishes she could express how much they’ve come to mean to her over the last few weeks.

Holly smiles, grabs her hand. ‘Don’t even mention it. Will you be okay this evening? What will you do?’

‘I’ll be okay. I just want to think about Greg tonight. It still feels like this day is his, even though the funeral’s over.’

‘Oh, I totally get that,’ Holly says.

Sienna doesn’t mention that there’s something else she needs to do to finally get the answers she needs.

THIRTY-TWO

Abby

Rob is packing a bag upstairs while Abby waits in the living room, watching through the window. She needs Rob to leave before Sienna gets here; there’s no way he’ll leave if he knows she’s here. He never talks about his conversations with Sienna, but it’s clear that he’s protective of her. Somehow, she has managed to creep under his skin, and it frightens Abby what she could be saying to him. She’s sure Rob doesn’t know the truth, though. There’s no way they’d still be living under this roof together if he did.

She has no idea what time Sienna will come tonight, or if she’ll actually turn up. And if she does, there is still the fear of what might happen when the two of them face each other. Alone.

She hears Rob coming downstairs, dropping his bag on the floor, calling her.