Her Mother's Lies: A gripping psychological thriller with a stunning twist by Rona Halsall

Author:Rona Halsall [Halsall, Rona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781838880705
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2019-10-22T18:30:00+00:00

Twenty-Four

Martha

Now

By the time Martha got to Truro, she was exhausted, her fingers aching from gripping the steering wheel. She’d got used to the car’s controls and found that it was quite easy to drive, although she’d been looking in the rear-view mirror a lot to make sure she wasn’t being followed, checking there were no blue flashing lights. Nobody knows who you are or who the car belongs to, she reassured herself as she carefully manoeuvred into a parking space. She’d have to make sure she drove back in the light though; the thought of driving in the dark was beyond her at the moment.

She looked up at the hospital, a feeling of dread roiling in the pit of her stomach. It’s good news. Mum’s come round. Very good news. But still she felt anxious and… scared. Yes, that was it, scared because her mother’s actions had brought the police to their door. It’s probably ridiculous, she told herself, but she couldn’t help thinking the police would make a connection, would somehow realise Martha had been at Greg’s house shortly before his death. Her DNA must be all over that kitchen – on the door knob, probably hairs on his clothes. She’d seen on TV how they managed to track people from the tiniest bit of evidence. Her mind galloped on as she got out of the car and made her way through the hospital. By the time she arrived at the ICU, she’d worked herself into a trembling mess.

I can’t do it. I need to calm down. Her hands balled into fists at her side, annoyed with herself for letting everything overwhelm her like this. She was normally good in a crisis, but at the moment, she felt there was far too much going on to be able to focus on addressing even one of her problems.

She walked back the way she’d come, passing a café, and she doubled back and went in, deciding that a cup of tea and a sugar hit might put her in the right frame of mind.

A large slice of cake and a pot of tea later, she had managed to see the other side of the argument as usual. I shouldn’t jump to conclusions. And she definitely needed to find the right moment to bring up the subject of the police when her mum was in such a fragile state. She didn’t want to cause another heart attack. There was a time and a place for certain conversations and she’d just have to be patient.

By the time she reached the ICU, her heart was no longer thrashing in her chest like some wild animal and her hands were no longer clammy. She was just popping in to see her mum for a bit, that was all.

When she stepped behind the curtain that had been screening her mum’s cubicle to find a policeman sitting next to the bed, her calm shattered into tiny pieces. Her first instinct was to turn and run, but she couldn’t – he’d seen her and she was trapped.

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