The Family Friend

The Family Friend

Author: Claire Douglas Listening Length: 10h 42m
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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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Chapter 12 Imogen

Imogen

‘It’s here,’ I say to Josh the next morning. It’s Sunday, the sky is a bleached white, dew still on the lawn. I wasn’t going to mention the dead magpie I’d found the other day to Josh but knew I couldn’t hide it, because he’ll eventually see it, and I’m too squeamish to take it down myself.

This place, once so magical to me, so safe, now feels threatening. It’s as if that halcyon summer I was last here was just a fever dream, or a figment of my imagination, conjured up from the pages of a romance novel to be replaced by a thriller.

It’s rained overnight and the bird’s black and white coat looks scrawny and decayed. ‘I don’t know how long it’s been there.’ I shiver and wrap my coat further around my body.