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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

‘That’s so kind of you, Mum, Dad,’ Rob begins. ‘I’m not sure I could take a week off work at the moment, though.’

‘We understand,’ Eric says. ‘Shame, though. We don’t see you often enough, or for long enough.’

‘How about a few days then?’ Lillian offers. ‘I’m sure you’ll be able to find a last-minute flight. You can even work out there if you have to.’

Abby stares at Rob, silently praying for him to say no, to not be talked into this by Lillian. She was good at doing that. ‘Um, we’ll see,’ he said. ‘I do have some leave stored up from before the promotion, so maybe I can take a few days. You’re not paying for us, though.’

Lillian smiles. She’s a fraction away from getting her own way, just as she always does with Rob. Not being with Abby is the one thing she’s never been able to convince him of. ‘It will be lovely. We always took you away on holiday as a child, even if it was somewhere in the UK. It’s important to recharge the batteries, isn’t it?’ She turns to Abby when she says this.

Rob nods. ‘We’ll have a chat about it and get back to you.’

‘Don’t take too long, will you?’ Lillian warns. ‘Now, who’d like dessert?’

‘Are you okay?’ Abby asks Rob when they’re driving home. He’s been quiet since they set off and it’s not hard to guess where his mind is.

He pats her leg, keeps his eyes fixed on the road. ‘Yeah, I was just thinking about Sienna. And Greg. We should check she’s okay, shouldn’t we? I can’t get the vision of her turning up at three a.m. like that out of my head. And her mentioning the police. I know you tried earlier, but why don’t we stop off there on the way home and see if she’s in now? It’s not that late. She’s not replying to either of us. What if she’s… done something to herself? You hear about it all the time, don’t you? She was pretty desperate, wasn’t she?’

‘I think she’s probably just taking time away from everyone to sort things out in her head.’

‘I don’t mind dropping you home and going by myself, if you’re tired?’

There is no way she can let Rob go by himself and pushing reasons not to go will only arouse his suspicion, so Abby is forced to agree. If Sienna answers this time, then she will just maintain that she doesn’t know what Sienna’s talking about. Abby is on fragile ground, but until she knows for sure what Greg has said, denial is the safest option.