The Family Friend

The Family Friend

Author: Claire Douglas Listening Length: 10h 42m
Suspense Thriller Read Online

When Imogen is told she’s inherited a country house near Bath, she thinks it must be a mistake. She last saw its owner, reclusive artist Dorothea Roe, sixteen years ago, during a tragic summer which changed her life for ever. Now, with partner Josh in tow, it’s a chance for a fresh start. But after discovering an old...

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Imogen

Josh is jiggling along to ‘Mr. Brightside’ while stirring a Bolognese on the hob when I walk into the kitchen.

He finishes work early on a Friday so regularly cooks – nothing fancy, usually the basic dishes we’ve been having since we first moved in together – but it’s cheaper than going out and we are trying to save money.

I stand and watch him for a while unnoticed as he sings at the top of his lungs, endearingly out of tune: his muscular shoulders (despite never going to the gym), his slim hips, his long legs, the thick, conker-brown hair that just skims the neck of his navy hoody which he would have changed into as soon as he got home, all his movements so familiar I’d know them anywhere.