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Chapters (59)
  1. Cover
  2. Prologue
  3. Chapter One
  4. Chapter Two
  5. Chapter Three
  6. Chapter Four
  7. Chapter Five
  8. Chapter Six
  9. Chapter Seven
  10. Chapter Eight
  11. Chapter Nine
  12. Chapter Ten
  13. Chapter Eleven
  14. Chapter Twelve
  15. Chapter Thirteen
  16. Chapter Fourteen
  17. Chapter Fifteen
  18. Chapter Sixteen
  19. Chapter Seventeen
  20. Chapter Eighteen
  21. Chapter Nineteen
  22. Chapter Twenty
  23. Chapter Twenty-One
  24. Chapter Twenty-Two
  25. Chapter Twenty-Three
  26. Chapter Twenty-Four
  27. Chapter Twenty-Five
  28. Chapter Twenty-Six
  29. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  30. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  31. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  32. Chapter Thirty
  33. Chapter Thirty-One
  34. Chapter Thirty-Two
  35. Chapter Thirty-Three
  36. Chapter Thirty-Four
  37. Chapter Thirty-Five
  38. Chapter Thirty-Six
  39. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  40. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  41. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  42. Chapter Forty
  43. Chapter Forty-One
  44. Chapter Forty-Two
  45. Chapter Forty-Three
  46. Chapter Forty-Four
  47. Chapter Forty-Five
  48. Chapter Forty-Six
  49. Chapter Forty-Seven
  50. Chapter Forty-Eight
  51. Chapter Forty-Nine
  52. Chapter Fifty
  53. Chapter Fifty-One
  54. Chapter Fifty-Two
  55. Two Weeks Earlier
  56. A Letter From Jackie
  57. Acknowledgements
  58. About the Author
  59. Also by Jackie Walsh

‘Sal, it’s only for a trial period, couple of weeks at the most, if it doesn’t work out I’ll tell them.’ He may as well be talking to the wall because I don’t want to hear. Taking my phone from the table I leave the room. No slamming doors for me, although I do feel like it. This whole nightmare is tumbling down on us because of Tom’s actions and lack of them. I’m glad Amber realizes that. With Tom wallowing in his own thoughts, I head to bed. I’m not sure what I feel about him anymore. Even when he frittered away my money on a useless idea, I still loved him, felt safe with him. Now I’m not so sure.

The soft glow of moonlight creeps in through a small gap in the curtains. Listening to Tom’s noisy breathing fill the silence, I consider what will happen when that Kenny chap comes here to stay. Where will he sleep?

The only good thing to come from this evening is Tom’s no longer the main suspect, they have their woman. The sooner they find her the better, I’m sick of the cops in our life.

The trial. Jesus, if the kid is living with us it’s bound to impact on the whole family. And what if they never find her? How long will we have to be extra vigilant for? My mind races. I can’t stop worrying about how this is affecting Amber.

Cian and Aaron are too young to understand what’s going on. Plenty of steam trains and ice cream and they’ll be fine. But Amber, what must she think of her father? Of Kenny? How is she going to cope? I twist and turn all night without any answers making their way into my head.

Chapter Thirty-Three

Tempted as I am to stay in bed and ignore the day, I can’t. I have to get up, get breakfast, take the kids to crèche, go to work, take a half day from work, come home again, because this is the day Kenny McCarthy is laying his hat under my roof.

His expected arrival is sometime between three and four when Tom and I will be here to settle him in. He’s moving into the boys’ playroom. Tom will spend today changing the room into a bedroom.

The boys will now have to push Thomas, James, Percy and Sam around the floor in front of the TV. I’m dying to see how that works out. It all sounded fine to Tom when he was making his plans but wait until Liverpool are about to take a penalty and Cian or Aaron jump up in front of the TV announcing the arrival of Arthur at the station. We’ll see how much he likes it then.