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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 45 Simone

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Simone’s eyes adjust slowly inside, the world blue-grey from the blinding sun, and some ancient part of her brain begins to signal danger.

Is it because her daughter was kidnapped, or is it because the house doesn’t feel empty that she is terrified? She gazes around her, the sunspots in her vision gradually disappearing.

She is in a spacious mid-century hallway containing a dark-wood drinks cart with glass carafes sitting on the top of it. Bookshelves that divide the room. The first one Simone sees is a textbook titled Innocent. She allows her eyes to linger on it.