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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

‘When did you speak to Sienna?’ Abby needs to know this. Everything depends on Lillian’s answer.

‘It was months ago. She came to see me right after her husband went missing, and she said you knew where he was. I’ll be telling all this to the police and then they’ll know Rob had nothing to do with it.’

Now it all makes sense. Sienna went to Lillian right at the beginning to try and mess with Abby. At that time, she’d been convinced something had happened between her and Greg, and she would have done anything to find him.

‘Okay, Lillian, please do go to the police. The man leading the investigation is DC Roberts.’ Abby opens the front door. ‘Give him my regards. I’m sure he’ll remember me from the long discussion we’ve already had about Greg.’

Lillian shakes her head, moves towards the door and steps outside. ‘It’s a shame you didn’t get that job you went for,’ she says, a smug smile on her face.

It takes Abby a moment to realise what Lillian is referring to. So she was the one who sent that email to the school. And all this time she’d thought it had been Sienna’s doing. There have been so many things Abby has been wrong about. ‘Why would you do that?’ she demands.

‘Do what?’ Lillian is smirking.

‘You know what I’m talking about. You were the one who sent that email to the school withdrawing my application. Why, though? It doesn’t make sense.’

‘Clearly you’re not as smart as Rob’s given you credit for. It’s simple: if you didn’t have a job and were putting him under financial pressure, then it would be even more reason for Rob to realise he’s with the wrong person.’

Momentarily, Abby is speechless. ‘You’re more bitter and twisted than I thought.’ She’s about to shut the door on Lillian when she remembers there’s something else she needs to say. ‘One more thing. Before you contact Rob, you might want to know that it was Sienna who called the police about him. Not me.’

She slams the door shut.

Two hours later, the house is finally packed up. Abby sits in the car, turning on the engine and glancing back at the house. She doesn’t care about the furniture – it can all be given away – she’s got everything she needs to take with her. Some people might say she’s running away, but she knows it’s not that. She’s going home. Where she’s supposed to be. Where the memories of Mum are and the shadow of all of this can’t follow her. She will stay at Mel’s until this house is sold or she’s found a job and can get back on the property ladder.