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Chapters (97)
  1. Cover
  2. Praise for Katerina Diamond
  3. Dedication
  4. Prologue
  5. Chapter One
  6. Chapter Two
  7. Chapter Three
  8. Chapter Four
  9. Chapter Five
  10. Chapter Six
  11. Chapter Seven
  12. Chapter Eight
  13. Chapter Nine
  14. Chapter Ten
  15. Chapter Eleven
  16. Chapter Twelve
  17. Chapter Thirteen
  18. Chapter Fourteen
  19. Chapter Fifteen
  20. Chapter Sixteen
  21. Chapter Seventeen
  22. Chapter Eighteen
  23. Chapter Nineteen
  24. Chapter Twenty
  25. Chapter Twenty-One
  26. Chapter Twenty-Two
  27. Chapter Twenty-Three
  28. Chapter Twenty-Four
  29. Chapter Twenty-Five
  30. Chapter Twenty-Six
  31. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  32. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  33. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  34. Chapter Thirty
  35. Chapter Thirty-One
  36. Chapter Thirty-Two
  37. Chapter Thirty-Three
  38. Chapter Thirty-Four
  39. Chapter Thirty-Five
  40. Chapter Thirty-Six
  41. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  42. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  43. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  44. Chapter Forty
  45. Chapter Forty-One
  46. Chapter Forty-Two
  47. Chapter Forty-Three
  48. Chapter Forty-Four
  49. Chapter Forty-Five
  50. Chapter Forty-Six
  51. Chapter Forty-Seven
  52. Chapter Forty-Eight
  53. Chapter Forty-Nine
  54. Chapter Fifty
  55. Chapter Fifty-One
  56. Chapter Fifty-Two
  57. Chapter Fifty-Three
  58. Chapter Fifty-Four
  59. Chapter Fifty-Five
  60. Chapter Fifty-Six
  61. Chapter Fifty-Seven
  62. Chapter Fifty-Eight
  63. Chapter Fifty-Nine
  64. Chapter Sixty
  65. Chapter Sixty-One
  66. Chapter Sixty-Two
  67. Chapter Sixty-Three
  68. Chapter Sixty-Four
  69. Chapter Sixty-Five
  70. Chapter Sixty-Six
  71. Chapter Sixty-Seven
  72. Chapter Sixty-Eight
  73. Chapter Sixty-Nine
  74. Chapter Seventy
  75. Chapter Seventy-One
  76. Chapter Seventy-Two
  77. Chapter Seventy-Three
  78. Chapter Seventy-Four
  79. Chapter Seventy-Five
  80. Chapter Seventy-Six
  81. Chapter Seventy-Seven
  82. Chapter Seventy-Eight
  83. Chapter Seventy-Nine
  84. Chapter Eighty
  85. Chapter Eighty-One
  86. Chapter Eighty-Two
  87. Chapter Eighty-Three
  88. Acknowledgements
  89. Author’s Note
  90. Keep Reading …
  91. Everything you think you know is a lie …
  92. Some things can’t be forgiven …
  93. Roses are red … he wants you dead
  94. Sometimes the past comes back to kill you …
  95. About the Author
  96. By the same author:
  97. About the Publisher

Adrian rushed through the corridor as fast as he could. His rib ached but he didn’t care. Inside the bathroom he quickly entered the cubicle and locked the door, pressing the weight of his body against it. Keep it together. He hadn’t eaten breakfast and so there was nothing to come out of him, but the nausea passed.

It was a trade-off, being around other people and feeling sick and afraid, versus being alone and feeling sick and afraid. Both had their pros and cons. He felt safer with other people around, safer from physical harm, at least. What he didn’t like about being around other people was the feeling that maybe they would be able to see past the thin veneer he had put in place, as though maybe somehow he couldn’t act normal enough. It was impossible to decide which of these was worse.

His mind drifted back to suicide, just like that. If you can’t exist in one place or another, then where do you go? Remembering what the priest had said to him about how his death would impact those who care about him, he composed himself. He stepped out of the cubicle and splashed water on his face. He left the men’s room and walked to the briefing room.

Let’s do this.

Chapter Fifty-Nine

Imogen had noticed that Adrian still wasn’t eating much. She had assumed that he was doing his eating in the day while she was at work, but since he had come back in, she hadn’t even seen him eating here, either; nor drinking as much as he should be. It was becoming harder to ignore the concerns she had for his health. It was also getting difficult to pretend there wasn’t a problem.

Was there something he wasn’t telling her? It had been weeks and the bruising was almost completely gone, yet he still moved with difficulty. His posture was different – tense, somehow. Add to that the fact that he was distant and distracted.

Since she had started working with him, Adrian had always been open and warm, even when things were difficult in their own personal lives. He was the one who liked to put other people at ease. It was difficult to put into words the way Adrian was, but he always put others’ comfort first, or maybe he was just like that with her. He was a considerate man, more than most she had met.