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\u201cWhat could possibly go wrong?\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t tempt Fate,\u201d Ryan warned. \u201cKnowing our luck, absolutely everything could go wrong.\u201d \u201cSpeakin\u2019 o\u2019 which, what d\u2019 you make of Charlie bein\u2019 caught up with that wrongun, Alexei Whatshisface?\u201d \u201cRachmaninov,\u201d Ryan said. \u201cI think she must have been frightened for three solid years, which is heartbreaking.\u201d Frank\u2019s paternal instincts reared up, with a vengeance. \u201cHe\u2019s a reet nasty piece of work,\u201d he growled.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd her bein\u2019 such a canny lass, n\u2019all. Nobody deserves all that worry, but especially not when they\u2019re just a lovely, hardworkin\u2019 body like Charlie.\u201d \u201cWhat people do or don\u2019t deserve never plays into these things,\u201d Ryan said quietly. \u201cLife isn\u2019t fair, otherwise we\u2019d be out of a job.\u201d Phillips inclined his head. \u201cJack\u2019s suggested a meeting, out of hours, to discuss the best way forward,\u201d Ryan continued. \u201cAfter work, at Charlie\u2019s place.\u201d Phillips nodded. \u201cSamantha\u2019s got some party or other with her ridin\u2019 friends, down at the Pony Club,\u201d he said, with the air of a man who considered the whole \u2018horsey\u2019 world an alien planet.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s stayin\u2019 over at her mate\u2019s house, afterwards, so me and Denise will both be there for Charlie. Solidarity, and all that.\u201d Ryan expected nothing less. \u201cWhat about your Anna? You don\u2019t need to come to the meetin\u2019 if she needs you with her, lad. We can update you, later.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ryan thought of how his wife had looked when he\u2019d left her, early that morning. He knew there were further conversations to be had, and investigating to do, but his overriding concern was to protect her from the past for as long as possible. On the other hand, there was work to be done, and nothing was ever solved by burying their heads in the sand.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll speak to her and see how things are,\u201d he decided. \u201cShe isn\u2019t due back to work at the university until the first week of January, and she can always take some time off, if she needs it. As for this stuff with her father, there\u2019s a lot she hasn\u2019t told me about her earlier life, because it was too painful to repeat. I don\u2019t want to cause her any stress, if I can help it\u2014 especially, since we can\u2019t be absolutely sure whether he\u2019s alive or dead, at this stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phillips thought back to when his own wife had been at her most vulnerable, during the long recovery that followed a traumatic time at the mercy of a man who\u2019d kidnapped her and who might have killed her. Denise bore scars from those days, mental and physical, and she\u2019d never be \u2018whole\u2019 in the same way again.<\/p>\n

That being said, he considered her an even stronger woman than she was before the attack, and all the more so for having been responsible for her own escape.<\/p>\n

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Copyright \u00a9 LJ Ross 2026 The right of LJ Ross to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or transmitted into any retrieval system, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.<\/p>\n

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author\u2019s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. 1kitap1.com\/en OTHER BOOKS BY LJ ROSS The Alexander Gregory Thrillers in order: 1. Impostor 2. Hysteria 3. Bedlam 4. Mania 5. Panic 6. Amnesia The DCI Ryan Mysteries in order: 1. Holy Island 2. Sycamore Gap 3. Heavenfield 4. Angel 5.<\/p>\n

High Force 6. Cragside 7. Dark Skies 8. Seven Bridges 9. The Hermitage 10. Longstone 11. The Infirmary (prequel) 12. The Moor 13. Penshaw 14. Borderlands 15. Ryan\u2019s Christmas 16. The Shrine 17. Cuthbert\u2019s Way 18. The Rock 19. Bamburgh 20. Lady\u2019s Well 21. Death Rocks 22. Poison Garden 23. Belsay 24. Berwick The Summer Suspense Mysteries in order: 1. The Cove 2. The Creek 3. The Bay 4. The Haven 1kitap1.com\/en TABLE OF CONTENTS 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 EPILOGUE ABOUT THE AUTHOR 1kitap1.com\/en \u201cWhere there is no imagination, there is no horror.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.<\/em><\/p>\n

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