Fatal by Jacqui Rose

Author:Jacqui Rose
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780008287320
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00

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Alfie Jennings sat on the uncomfortable seats in Addenbrooke’s Hospital waiting for Lola to pick him up. The relief of hearing that Alice was safe had nearly brought him to tears, and the pride and love he’d felt for Lola for finding her was immense.

Feeling his phone beep, he looked down at it. It was a text from Franny:

Who are you going to choose?

Seething, Alfie reread it, blowing out an exasperated lungful of air. He replied:

Maybe you should check your fucking voicemails before you start again with this stuff. I’ve been trying to get through to you for AGES!!!! WTF!

Alfie waited for the reply. It came in quickly:

I know you have. But you still haven’t answered my question – who are you going to choose?

‘Are you having a fucking bubble?’ Alfie growled out loud as he read the text, just as Lola walked into A&E.

‘Everything all right, Alf? Did the procedure go well? Alice is in the car. She’s not keen on seeing you but I told her she ain’t got much choice; though I doubt you’ll get a word out of her. She’s not happy, Alfie, though who can blame her? Anyway, I parked just outside in the disabled bay. Come on.’ As Lola approached him she wiped her lips with a McDonald’s napkin. ‘You sure you’re all right, Alf?’

‘Do I look all right? And to answer your first question, everything isn’t okay, it’s so far from okay it ain’t real. Can you believe I’ve just got a text from Franny and once again she’s right up her own arse.’

As Alfie hobbled along next to Lola on the crutch the hospital had provided, heading for the door, she glanced sideways at him. ‘What are you talking about now?’

‘I’m talking about Franny not giving a fuck that Alice was missing or that Cabhan is in some induced coma or that I’ve got a poxy hairline fracture!’ Alfie shouted the last part of his sentence.

‘Calm down. Did she actually say that?’

‘No, but she knows I was trying to get in contact with her and all she wants to know is who I choose?’

Standing in front of the Ferrari, Lola frowned. ‘Who you choose?’

‘Yes, just before all this happened, me and her, well, we were talking about Bree and …’

‘Oh, she wants you to choose between her and Bree? Well, she’s hurt, isn’t she?’

Alfie raised his voice again. ‘Hurt, no, I’m hurt. Cabhan’s hurt. All she is is licking her wounds. She’s crazy! We’ve got all this going on but all she cares about is all this shit between her and me.’

Clambering into the car, slightly out of breath, Lola panted, ‘That’s not true! Have a heart, Alfie.’

‘Listen, Lola, my only concern is Alice and that’s what hers should be as well.’

Trying to remember what button to push, Lola scanned the dash. ‘Yeah, but—’

Before Lola had a chance to reply, another text beeped in:

Well, Alfie, who do you choose?

Alfie shoved the phone into Lola’s hands. ‘She’s like a woman possessed. Only a

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