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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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CHAPTER 18

Simone doesn’t react; she’s an animal too, trained to survive by – sometimes – doing nothing, by playing dead.

The officer turns her mouth down, looking uninterested, likely with no idea what Simone has brought on to the coach, but perhaps also knowing exactly what’s going on and having sent a sniffer dog to deal with it.

Panic fires missiles around Simone’s nervous system.

She stretches her arms above her head, fakes a yawn and uses the opportunity to look around.