The Girl I Left Behind by Andie Newton

Author:Andie Newton [Newton, Andie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781789546682
Publisher: Head of Zeus

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Alma escorted me outside even though she didn’t have to. When I saw my car and driver waiting for me at the end of the path, I walked so fast gravel spit out from the bottom of my shoes.

I barked at the driver to put the box Alma was carrying into the trunk, and then get in and start the car. Alma stood next to the door, a sad, pathetic look gleaming in her eyes. ‘Maybe you could come back again?’

The heat had liquefied the rest of the makeup from her face, and it slid down her cheeks like warmed icing, leaving a moustache of pink skin under her nose and tan spots of various sizes spackled on her chin. She put her hand on my forearm, stopping me with one foot in the car, and looked out into the distance at the forest. ‘So beautiful here, isn’t it?’

I smiled. ‘It really is.’ The driver had got into the car and I shut my door. Alma waved a limp-wristed wave, mouthing her goodbye from the other side of the window.

‘Go, driver!’ I said.

Remembering the image of that prisoner as he hit the glass made me want to throw up, and I thought that if I vomited, Alma and everyone else would know something wasn’t right with me.

The driver shot me a strange look.

‘I’m late, fool,’ I said. ‘If I miss the train you’ll be responsible.’

He stepped on the pedal and we sped away, leaving Alma and that disgusting prison in our dusty wake.

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