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Chapters (51)
  1. About the Book
  2. About the Author
  3. Also by Kimberley Chambers
  4. Title Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Epigraph
  8. Prologue
  9. Chapter One
  10. Chapter Two
  11. Chapter Three
  12. Chapter Four
  13. Chapter Five
  14. Chapter Six
  15. Chapter Seven
  16. Chapter Eight
  17. Chapter Nine
  18. Chapter Ten
  19. Chapter Eleven
  20. Chapter Twelve
  21. Chapter Thirteen
  22. Chapter Fourteen
  23. Chapter Fifteen
  24. Chapter Sixteen
  25. Chapter Seventeen
  26. Chapter Eighteen
  27. Chapter Nineteen
  28. Chapter Twenty
  29. Chapter Twenty-One
  30. Chapter Twenty-Two
  31. Chapter Twenty-Three
  32. Chapter Twenty-Four
  33. Chapter Twenty-Five
  34. Chapter Twenty-Six
  35. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  36. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  37. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  38. Chapter Thirty
  39. Chapter Thirty-One
  40. Chapter Thirty-Two
  41. Chapter Thirty-Three
  42. Chapter Thirty-Four
  43. Chapter Thirty-Five
  44. Chapter Thirty-Six
  45. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  46. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  47. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  48. Chapter Forty
  49. Chapter Forty-One
  50. Copyright
  51. Cover

Hearing the horse-box pull up outside, Alice O’Hara darted out to the kitchen to dish the boys’ dinners up. Pork chops, Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, greens and carrots she’d cooked them and even though she was thrilled Jed was home safely, she hoped the little sod choked on his, as that would teach him not to lie to his mother again.

‘Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!’ Harry shouted, jumping up and down excitedly.

‘Can I go and see Daddy, Nanny?’ Georgie asked.

‘No, stay ’ere, ’cause he’s parking the horse-box up and he might run you over. He’ll be in in a tick.’

Seconds later, Alice screamed as she heard the unmissable sound of gunshots. ‘Jed, please God, no. Not my Jed,’ she cried as she dropped the tray of roast potatoes and ran to the front door.

Sensing their nan’s fear, Georgie and Harry both began to sob as they chased after her. ‘Daddy!’ they both yelled.

Alice ran towards the horse-box. The security lights were on and, as she got closer, all she could see was the blood and gore splattered against the windscreen on the driver’s side.

‘Jed! Not my baby, not my beautiful baby boy,’ she shrieked.

Overcome by shock, Alice sank to her knees, vomited and then promptly passed out.

‘Nanny, Nanny!’ Georgie and Harry shouted as they prodded and poked her. Realising that Nanny was fast asleep, Georgie decided to take the matter into her own hands.

‘Stay with Nanny while I get Daddy,’ she ordered Harry.

Climbing up on the metal step that led to the driver’s-side door of the horse-box, Georgie tugged it and tugged it until it flew open. As the bloodied body fell on top of her and sent her sprawling to the ground, poor little Georgie screamed louder than she had ever screamed before.

Chapter Twenty-Seven

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

Ed got up at the crack of dawn the following morning. He’d had a crap night’s sleep and was desperate to know if Baldwin had succeeded in his attempt to kill Jed. Such was Ed’s impatience, he’d even debated whether to ask Joey to visit Joycie late the previous night, so he could have a butcher’s and see if there were any Old Bill lurking about. In the end, though, he’d decided against it. Joey didn’t drive, so Dom would have to be involved as well and as much as Ed liked Dom, he thought it was too risky to involve him.

‘You’re up early. Couldn’t you sleep?’ Gina asked, rubbing her tired eyes.