Let Me In by Alison Keane

Author:Alison Keane [Keane, Alison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-01T22:00:00+00:00

A shadow comes over Nathan’s face as he’s cracking eggs into the pan.

“What is it?” My heart starts to race. What if he’s having second thoughts about getting involved with me?

He turns to me. His face is more serious than I’ve ever seen it. “I’ve been thinking, Ellie.”

No, no, no, my heart screams.

“Look, don’t take this the wrong way or anything…”

My pulse roars in my temples. This is it. I knew it was coming, didn’t I? “What?”

He turns back to tend to the pan. “Are you sure you won’t go to the police about your ex?”

“Eh?” Even though it’s a topic I don’t even want to get into, I can’t hide my relief. He’s not fed up of me—not yet, anyway.

“What’s the harm in trying? You’re so wound up. They can’t just ignore you if he’s a threat.”

“They can and they will,” I say, squeezing my eyes shut. “Don’t you get it? Last time I went to them, I had broken bones and bruises all over my body.”

He winces. “I’m just trying to help.”

“I know,” I whisper. “But I’ve tried. I told you that.” I sigh. There’s one thing I haven’t really told him—the thing that’s been eating away at my soul for the last year. I’ve got to tell him now. I need to get it off my chest because the guilt and shame are killing me. “They took the fact that I’d been drinking and couldn’t really remember what had happened and they used it against me.”

There.

As wretched as I feel, it’s a relief to have finally said it to someone else out loud.

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