Dont Say A Word A Psychological Thriller – Nicola Sanders

‘Hi!’ Holly calls out. I scramble to my feet. ‘Holly’s home.’ ‘Did I say the wrong thing?’ she asks, using the side of the wardrobe to pull herself up. ‘Kate? Teri?’ Holly calls out. ‘Coming!’ I reply. ‘It’s fine,’ I say to Teri. She watches me as I gather the last of the banknotes and put them back in the box. ‘It’s an awful lot of cash,’ she says, still looking at the money. ‘Are you all right now?’

I ask. ‘Your ankle?’ She winces. ‘I think so.’ My heart drops. I think so. ‘You’ll be able to go home tomorrow, then.’ She gives me a tight smile. ‘That’s what we discussed. Yes.’ Then she puts on that face again – the concerned one. ‘You’re sure I didn’t upset you?’ ‘Not at all.’ I shove the box back on the shelf. ‘Listen. I haven’t said anything to Holly about this, so please don’t.’ ‘You didn’t?’

she asks, incredulous. ‘I haven’t had the chance.’ That part is true, but also I don’t want Holly to hear about this now. She might blurt something out. The very thing I was about to blurt out myself, in fact. He’s in the freezer. I walk out of the room, letting her hobble after me. I ask Holly about her drama class while doing my very best to behave as if everything is perfectly fine.

But all the while, I am thinking, it’s her. I know it’s her. His mistress. What was her name? Did he ever tell me? I don’t remember. I didn’t care who she was. I just wanted it to end. I think I love you. With a lipstick kiss… Holly is saying something, but I can barely focus. The idea I could have confessed that Max is in the freezer, for Christ’s sake, makes my insides turn to liquid. ‘Do you have any homework to do?’ I ask Holly.

She looks at me. ‘What?’ ‘I’m doing it now, Kate. What’s wrong with you?’ She lifts her textbook to show me. ‘Of course, sorry. Miles away.’ I turn around. ‘Can I help with dinner?’ I ask Teri, who is opening a bottle of wine. She frowns at me. ‘It’s already in the oven.’ ‘Of course. I knew that. Shepherd’s pie, isn’t it?’ ‘Yes, that’s right.’ She and Holly exchange a look.

‘I’m going to prep some carrots to go with it,’ I say. They both frown at me. ‘There’s no need,’ Teri says. ‘I want to.’ ‘History, huh,’ Teri says, pulling up a chair next to Holly. ‘That brings back memories.’ Holly laughs. But immediately grows serious. ‘I have a test in the morning. I’m dying right now. It’s so hard.’ ‘Let me take a look. You want me to test you?’

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ebook ISBN: 978-1-7646810-1-8 Print ISBN: 978-1-7646810-2-5 OceanofPDF.com CONTENTS Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Also by Nicola Sanders OceanofPDF.com PROLOGUE ‘Where is your husband, Mrs Price?’

PC Michaels asks. I open my mouth, but no sound comes out. Everyone is staring at me, and I’m pretty sure I look like a fish out of water. If only. Teri jumps in. ‘You want to know where her husband is?’ She’s speaking to them, but she’s looking at me, smirking. My chest hurts with the effort of breathing.

I close my eyes. Oh, God. She knows. This can’t be happening. I look at her pleadingly. ‘Please don’t.’ Her smirk turns to outright triumph. ‘He’s in their house, next door.’ The police officers turn to me. ‘Why didn’t you say so?’ PC Michaels asks. ‘Because he’s dead,’ Teri says. The room tilts. ‘What did you say?’

PC Watts asks Teri. ‘She killed her husband, and she hid his body in the freezer in the garage. He’s been in there for over a week.’ She gestures to Holly, my sixteen-year-old stepdaughter, a child I love as fiercely as if she were my own, who so far has been watching this exchange without uttering a single word. To my horror, Holly goes to her. Teri puts an arm around her shoulders, and it’s all I can do not to pounce and yank her arm away.

‘Now, do you see why Holly is afraid of her, officers?’ Teri says. Holly isn’t afraid of me. Why would Teri say such a thing? I stare at Holly. The sweater she’s wearing has a stain on the front.

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