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Chapters (70)
  1. Cover
  2. About the Author
  3. Also by Heidi Perks
  4. Dedication
  5. The Night of the Fire
  6. Tuesday 14 May
  7. Chapter One
  8. Chapter Two
  9. Chapter Three
  10. Tuesday 14 May
  11. Chapter Four
  12. Chapter Five
  13. Tuesday 14 May
  14. Chapter Six
  15. Chapter Seven
  16. Tuesday 14 May
  17. Chapter Eight
  18. Chapter Nine
  19. Tuesday 14 May
  20. Chapter Ten
  21. Chapter Eleven
  22. Tuesday 14 May
  23. Chapter Twelve
  24. Chapter Thirteen
  25. Tuesday 14 May
  26. Chapter Fourteen
  27. Tuesday 14 May
  28. Chapter Fifteen
  29. Wednesday 15 May
  30. Chapter Sixteen
  31. Chapter Seventeen
  32. Chapter Eighteen
  33. Tuesday 14 May
  34. Chapter Nineteen
  35. Chapter Twenty
  36. Chapter Twenty-One
  37. Thursday 16 May
  38. Chapter Twenty-Two
  39. Tuesday 14 May
  40. Chapter Twenty-Three
  41. Chapter Twenty-Four
  42. Tuesday 14 May
  43. Chapter Twenty-Five
  44. Chapter Twenty-Six
  45. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  46. Tuesday 14 May
  47. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  48. Thursday 16 May
  49. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  50. Chapter Thirty
  51. Thursday 16 May
  52. Chapter Thirty-One
  53. Chapter Thirty-Two
  54. Friday 17 May
  55. Chapter Thirty-Three
  56. Friday 17 May
  57. Chapter Thirty-Four
  58. Chapter Thirty-Five
  59. Chapter Thirty-Six
  60. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  61. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  62. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  63. Friday 17 May
  64. Chapter Forty
  65. Chapter Forty-One
  66. Chapter Forty-Two
  67. Chapter Forty-Three
  68. Chapter Forty-Four
  69. Acknowledgments
  70. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING

Mia recalled the words the doctor had uttered to her as she stood next to her mum. ‘Your sister is very lucky to be alive,’ he told her. Mia had looked through the window, past the tubes and the beeping monitors and the nurses bustling about the seemingly lifeless body beyond, which was supposedly her sister. ‘But,’ he had gone on, ‘if she does pull through, there is every chance she won’t walk again. Her legs were crushed by the weight of the car.’

He had carried on talking at them, but his words had started to fizzle and pop in bursts, and Mia could only grab at some of them: An accident on the road towards Lymington … Jess’s car veered off the road and wrapped itself around a tree … Believe the accident might have been caused by drink-driving.

All their worlds had crumbled in that moment. Mia had seen a flash of her sister’s future, but still she could never have foreseen how much it was going to affect all of them. How, only a week later, she would be packing up her old life and moving back to her childhood home, because there was no way her mum and Jess would cope without her.

But it wasn’t going to end like this. Mia was certain of that. Someone needed to pay for what had been done to her sister.

Tuesday 14 May

Initial interviews between DC Emily Marlow and the staff of Morris & Wood, following the fire on Monday 13 May

Patrick Carter, Senior Account Director

Patrick:I could tell there was an atmosphere, as soon as I arrived at the party.

Marlow:What kind of atmosphere?

Patrick:Janie – she seemed a little … she wasn’t her usual self. She’s usually so attentive, a great hostess, but last Friday something wasn’t right.

Marlow:Can you tell me how you mean?

Patrick:I got there late and Janie answered the door, but her mind was elsewhere. I asked her where Harry was and she just stared at me and then eventually smiled and said, ‘If you find him, you’ll have to tell me.’ She was trying to make it sound jokey, but I didn’t get the sense she was happy.

Marlow:And did you find Harry?

Patrick:Oh yeah, he was only out in the garden talking to some of the IT guys.

Marlow:You said earlier the party was a disaster.

Patrick:Well, it was. Because of the argument. At least that was the start of it.

Marlow:For clarification, you mean the one between Laura and Mia?