The Other Woman by Holly Down

Author:Holly Down [Down, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-06-07T00:00:00+00:00

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Seeing Catherine only made me more confused and I rushed home, desperate to talk to Kitty, but she wasn’t here. Now it’s 5 a.m. and I should be asleep but the bed is empty beside me and my phone is gripped tightly in my hand as I will her to ring.

I have no idea where the hell my wife is or what she’s doing and I’m on edge, certain the police are going to realise that I lied about what happened with Nina and return to arrest me at any moment. I feel absolutely awful about sleeping with Nina but I know for certain that I had nothing to do with her death. A sob suddenly chokes me as I remember how happy she was as we said goodbye. She may have been tipsy but she thought that was the start of something, not the end, and I hadn’t the heart to tell her that it was one giant mistake and I would never leave my wife, not for her or anyone.

Rubbing my face with my hands, I tell myself that it doesn’t matter any more. Nothing matters to Nina because someone snuffed out her life and I need to find out who that was. A cold dread crawls over me as I think about trying to tell the police the truth, and I have a very bad feeling that whatever I say and do, they are going to try to pin this on me. Even if I call them right now and say I’ll hold my hands up – I lied – I did have sex with Nina, they’re not going to say Thank you, Mr Okine, how helpful. No, Hopping would delight in snapping the handcuffs on my wrists and twisting every detail of the case until a jury would be in no doubt of my guilt, and it certainly won’t help Nina.

Sweat pours from me and my T-shirt clings, wet and cold, to my back as I toss and turn in the covers, trying to get comfortable. I realise I’m getting worked up but I have no idea what to do or think. Last night I waited up for Kitty until almost two before deciding it was time to try to sleep, but my spiralling thoughts kept me awake. I have no idea where she is or what she’s done – I can’t believe she could be involved but a little voice keeps whispering Why isn’t she here? Her phone is switched off and none of our friends have seen her. I alternate between imagining that Kitty had something to do with Nina’s death and worrying she might have suffered the same fate.

Just as I’m drifting off, a text buzzes through on my phone that jolts me awake. I push myself up onto one elbow and squint at the phone, my eyes taking a few moments to adjust to the light from the screen, before I see it’s a message from an old colleague, one I never got on with, and my heart sinks that it’s not Kitty.

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