The Girl Who Never Came Back by Cross Amy

Author:Cross, Amy [Cross, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Dark Season Books
Published: 2013-11-24T06:00:00+00:00

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"Are you sure about this?" Dr. Gould said hesitantly.

Charlotte took a deep breath. She'd driven a half-mile from her sister's home before parking up at the side of the road and making the phone call she'd never, ever thought she'd make.

"I'm sure," she said, her voice tense and tearless.

"Is this because of your niece?"

"Yes."

"And you're aware that no matter what progress we might make in your case, there's no -"

"I know," she said, cutting him off. "It probably won't help Sophie, but it might. And even if there's only a one in a million chance, and even if it opens up a whole lot of bad memories for me, I want to do it. Do you think it's possible?"

Dr. Gould paused for a moment. "I've always felt that the memories are buried deep within your subconscious mind," he said eventually, "but that with patient work, we might be able to retrieve at least some of them." He paused again. "There are no guarantees, Charlotte, but I think we should be able to get somewhere."

"I'll be back in London by tonight," she replied, "so when can you fit me in?"

"We'll start tomorrow," he replied calmly. "I'll schedule you for an extra session at five, is that okay?"

"Five," Charlotte said, staring straight ahead. "I'll be there."

"And Charlotte," he continued, "please try to... retain some perspective. It's a good thing, in my opinion, that you're willing to take this step in your own life, but I highly doubt that it's going to resolve anything in terms of whatever fate has befallen your niece."

"I know," she replied, as tears welled up in her eyes again, "but I have to try."

"I'll see you tomorrow at five," Dr. Gould replied.

Charlotte opened her mouth to reply, but no words came out. Instead, she was suddenly hit by an uncontrollable wave of grief that crashed through her body and reduced her to a sobbing, bawling wreck. Letting her head drop to her chest, she closed her eyes and tried in vain to pull herself together, but eventually all that came out were a series of loud sobs.

"Charlotte?" Dr. Gould said after a moment. "Are you okay?"

She cut the call off and dropped the phone onto the passenger seat before leaning forward and resting her head on the steering wheel. Waves of fear and pain swept through her, and for several minutes she could do nothing but sob uncontrollably until, finally, she felt that she was going to throw up. She lost track of time for a while, but eventually the sobbing started to subside and she opened her eyes and looked out the window.

She sat in silence for a moment, as the last tears rolled down her cheeks.

"Where are you?" she whispered, staring out at the miles of rolling fields and forest that surrounded the house. "Where the hell are you?"

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