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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 79

Four o’clock in the morning, again, and Simone wakes from a dream that Lucy is leaving, but differently so.

Leaving for the start of her adult life, the final grasp of her hand around Simone’s wrist, a slow pulling away, then their fingertips still just touching.

And it’s funny, Simone doesn’t know the exact moment they part; her daughter’s hand is still imprinted on hers, like a phantom limb that will never truly leave.

She’s awake now, blinking into consciousness, and there’s a form standing in the bedroom doorway. Simone jolts and sits up immediately. She almost rouses Damien, but stops herself.