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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

I tell them what they already know about Simon and I don’t know anything about Leon Quick to explain why he killed himself. I have absolutely no doubt that R is involved in Leon’s death; there was a certain look of accomplishment on his face when he told me about the suicide. If any one person could have that much influence over another person’s life, it’s R. God only knows what R did to him.

The police have been to this house several times in the past, once quite recently, back when I still had the tiniest sliver of hope that I could maybe one day escape. I watched R talk the police constable around with ease – a few choice words and my call was explained away as a prank of sorts. We all laughed, and I watched on hopelessly as he left me to face yet another round with R.

I can fake any mood thanks to my years of experience playing the role of dutiful wife. Knowing that the police could no longer help me, I decided to contact Simon. I wish I had never made that call. Maybe he would still be alive. Maybe I would still have hope for some kind of future. That one phone call was the beginning of the end. There is only one way out of this and that’s in a wooden box.

I see both DS Grey and DS Miles’ frustration. Part of me wants to tell them it’s nothing they are doing wrong, they are saying all the right things to make me want to speak to them. I wish I could. I wish I believed that they could help me, but I have been here too many times before. They are too late. I have no faith in the system. The only thing I believe in is the fact that this is my life. There is no way out.

Chapter Thirty-Three

Adrian was already at his desk when Imogen arrived at work. He’d been awake for hours anyway and so he sneaked away before she woke, leaving a coffee and clingfilmed marmite sandwich on the bedside table. He wanted to find out as much as possible about Corrigan and he didn’t need Imogen there second-guessing his motivations all the time. Had he told her too much about his past? Was she reading into things? Seeing things that weren’t there. Would things be different if they weren’t together?