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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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  48. Forty-four
  49. Forty-five
  50. Forty-six
  51. Forty-seven
  52. Forty-eight
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  62. Fifty-eight
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  64. Sixty
  65. Sixty-one
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  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

Kelly-Anne watched Nell speak. Her eyes – free now from all make-up – looked painfully young and shone with an intensity that made Nell want to look away. Either Kelly-Anne was a great actor or there was no way this woman killed Connor. Hard to fake pain like that.

‘Do you know who did it?’ Kelly-Anne asked.

When Nell didn’t reply immediately, Kelly-Anne put her hand to her mouth. ‘My God, you think it’s me, don’t you? But I didn’t – I couldn’t. I love him, so why would I?’ Before Nell could speak, Kelly-Anne continued, words forming before thoughts.

‘Because you think he killed the baby and I wanted revenge? But he didn’t, he didn’t kill my baby.’

Nell took a breath. ‘But someone killed your baby, Kelly-Anne. So if it wasn’t Connor …’ She let the words settle, watched realisation dawn.

‘I didn’t kill Georgie.’ She said it with such certainty Nell was in no doubt she meant it. And in truth, Nell had never believed she had, regardless of Eve’s conclusion. That thought unsettled her for a second.

‘Kelly-Anne, do you know why Connor was at flat 2, 34 Rose Way?’ She watched the woman’s jaw clench, her shoulders rise.

‘It would be really helpful if you could have a think, let us know if Connor went there regularly.’ Paul’s voice was silky smooth and Kelly-Anne immediately relaxed at the sound of it.

‘I never saw him go there. But people told me he did.’ She looked ashamed. ‘But I sort of just ignored it, you know?’

Paul nodded. ‘Yeah, I get it.’

She gave a small smile. ‘Like, if I said I knew, it would make it real and I didn’t want it to be.’

Paul nodded. ‘I get that too. Been there, done that.’ He rolled his eyes, only slightly, just enough to let her know he was on her side. Man, he was good.

‘So, what had people told you?’

‘That he was seen going to the betting shop and then going up to the flat after.’ She paused. ‘They said it was his ex-girlfriend’s flat.’ She looked Paul in the eye. ‘They said she was a prostitute.’

Paul took his time to reply. ‘How did you feel about that?’

Kelly-Anne thought. ‘Angry. Like, why go to a prostitute when you have me.’ It wasn’t said with arrogance, nor was it posed as a question, because she obviously had no desire to hear the answer.

‘Have you ever met Gloria?’

Kelly-Anne tensed. ‘Once. She came to our flat screaming about money he owed her. But I didn’t speak to her. I just watched from the balcony while Connor talked to her.’

‘And how did that end?’

‘She went away. And that was that.’

‘You didn’t think of confronting her when you heard Connor had been visiting her flat?’

Kelly-Anne wrapped her arms around herself again. ‘What would be the point?’