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Chapters (81)
  1. Cover
  2. About the Author
  3. Dedication
  4. Prologue
  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. Eighteen
  23. Nineteen
  24. Twenty
  25. Twenty-one
  26. Twenty-two
  27. Twenty-three
  28. Twenty-four
  29. Twenty-five
  30. Twenty-six
  31. Twenty-seven
  32. Twenty-eight
  33. Twenty-nine
  34. Thirty
  35. Thirty-one
  36. Thirty-two
  37. Thirty-three
  38. Thirty-four
  39. Thirty-five
  40. Thirty-six
  41. Thirty-seven
  42. Thirty-eight
  43. Thirty-nine
  44. Forty
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  47. Forty-three
  48. Forty-four
  49. Forty-five
  50. Forty-six
  51. Forty-seven
  52. Forty-eight
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  58. Fifty-four
  59. Fifty-five
  60. Fifty-six
  61. Fifty-seven
  62. Fifty-eight
  63. Fifty-nine
  64. Sixty
  65. Sixty-one
  66. Sixty-two
  67. Sixty-three
  68. Sixty-four
  69. Sixty-five
  70. Sixty-six
  71. Sixty-seven
  72. Epilogue
  73. Acknowledgments
  74. Read More
  75. Prologue
  76. One
  77. Two
  78. Three
  79. Four
  80. Follow Merilyn online
  81. Dedication

Nell followed his finger and saw a uniformed police officer on her phone, looking harassed. Catching sight of them, the uniform lowered her phone and waved, beckoning them up.

‘Jesus. Bets?’ Nell turned to Paul, who was studying the balcony.

‘Connor’s done a runner and Kelly-Anne has admitted he killed their baby?’

‘Seriously?’ Why the hell was Paul letting one letter throw such doubt on Kelly-Anne’s guilt?

‘Why not?’

‘Because Connor didn’t do it?’ Irritated, she strode towards the stairwell.

‘Why are you so sure she’s right?’ Paul called after her.

Nell stopped, turned to face him. ‘Because she’s a bloody pathologist. It’s her job to know who did what and when.’

Paul jogged over to join her, then led the way up the concrete steps.

‘You’re really sure this Kelly-Anne did it, aren’t you?’

Was she? Maybe. There was a control issue with Connor, that much was obvious, and Kelly-Anne could have silenced the baby at his request. Once Nell thought it, the more possible it sounded. In which case she’d get them both banged up for murder.

Nell noted the urgency of the uniformed officer’s wave as they approached.

‘Anyway, it doesn’t matter what I think, what matters are the facts, so let’s just see what’s wrong, shall we?’

The officer’s cheeks were flushed with heat and she had a panicked look in her eyes. Shit. One of them had done a runner, she knew it.

‘Problem?’ Nell asked.

‘It’s the father. He went out for cigarettes and hasn’t returned.’

Paul threw Nell a look and it wasn’t hard to know what it said – they should have nicked the pair last night.

‘How long ago?’ she asked.

‘About forty-five minutes.’

Nell checked her watch – you could get a long way in forty-five minutes. ‘Does Kelly-Anne know where he could be? How far is the shop?’

‘About four minutes away. I’ve been down there and they don’t recall seeing him. It’s pretty small and I bet he’s a regular, so I’m guessing he hasn’t been in.’

‘And Kelly-Anne? What’s she said?’ The heat was making Nell’s jacket stick to her, emphasising that this was a ball-ache she could well do without.

‘She’s distraught, says he’s left her. She’s spotted he’s taken the overnight bag he uses when he walks out after the baby’s crying gets too much.’

‘So he’s got form for going AWOL?’ Paul asked.

‘Seems so.’

‘Does she know where he goes?’

‘She didn’t say.’

‘Well, let’s go ask her again, shall we?’ Nell said.