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Author: Gillian McAllister Listening Length: 11h 8m

A road trip across America with her teenage daughter was meant to be much-needed bonding time for Simone before Lucy leaves home for university. But on the first night of their stay, in a cabin deep in the Texan desert, Simone wakes to find Lucy missing and a mobile phone in her place. The phone rings and the voice on ...

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Simone is driving, their possessions in the boot, Lucy’s four-man tent, too. Everything they had. On the passenger seat she has the burner phone and their two mobiles.

The lay-by is over an hour away and she will be early; she wanted leeway. She has the accelerator pressed firmly downwards, fuel burning. Luan, Damien’s sister who works at Dishes with them, has texted. All OK? Damien said there is some business opportunity in Texas and he’s coming out?!!

Luan is Simone’s best friend. She is smart, so this won’t wash with her.

When Simone first met Damien’s family, she remembers thinking that his parents and sibling were so very normal.