You said I could see Sarah. So I wanna see her.’Newsome looks at Saul. I can tell he wants him to say ‘no’, but Saul’s getting to his feet.‘Yes,’ he says. ‘I think that might help.’‘Are you sure, Saul?’ the doctor says. ‘There’s a lot he hasn’t told us. I think we should have another couple of se...
It’s open a few centimetres, so I can hear what’s going on. I had to wake Vinny up, but he didn’t need much persuading to go out there – he could see how terrified I was.‘What you doing here?’ he says. ‘Fuck off.’‘There’s someone in there I want to talk to.’ The sound of Adam’s voice twists at my...
He’s not safe …”I run out the front and through the yard, vault over the wall, and I’m gone. I don’t know where I’m running to, but I can’t stay in that place another minute. I run blindly through the alleys and paths, past back-garden fences and garages and bins. I want to run forever, but my ta...
He was trying to touch me there, to kiss me. I knew my arms were fending him off, I didn’t want to, it was just so difficult. If we were going to do this, I told myself, I’d have to trust him, to let him in. I made myself lift up my arms, right over my head, so my hands were resting on the hay be...