The Ex by Diane Saxon

Author:Diane Saxon [Saxon, Diane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Monday 12 July, 18:55 hrs

‘Put the child down, Emily.’

Surprised at her sister’s return so soon, Fern’s pulse hammered at the base of her throat, constricting the bubble of air that had lodged there as fear sent spikes of ice coursing through her veins.

She took a cautious step closer to her sister, hands held up in front of her. ‘Emily.’ She kept her voice soft, but the lowered tone remained firm and immovable. ‘Put Angel down.’

Emily turned from where she’d been looking out of the open window. Her long, straggled hair slipped over one shoulder onto the child’s screwed-up face and appeared to irritate her even more as Angel let out robust scream after scream. The child’s dangling legs thrashed as she strained backwards to get away from Emily’s tight grip.

‘Emily.’ With more urgency, Fern deepened her voice to make it heard above the wild wailing.

Unperturbed, a slow, sinister grin spread over her sister’s face while her eyes remained a cold, hard glow as she exerted power over her sister. ‘I won’t harm Angel, you know. I’m not about to hurt Zak’s child.’ One eyebrow winged its way up her forehead as her lips twitched with cold humour enough to set Fern’s teeth on edge. ‘You do trust me, don’t you?’

Not in a million years.

Speechless, Fern watched as Emily stepped closer to the open window. Her long, plump fingers turned white as she grasped the child to her bloated bosom in an attempt to stop Angel’s desperate thrashing.

Bent backwards, Angel’s howls escalated as Emily wrenched her away from the relative safety of her breasts and held her at arm’s length towards the open window.

Emily tilted her head, her lips parted to reveal her perfect, white teeth. ‘You do trust me, don’t you?’ she repeated, without a flicker of concern.

Panic sliced Fern’s heart in two as tears tracked down her cheeks while Emily applied more pressure for her to bend to her will. ‘Yes. Yes, Emily. I trust you. I really trust you.’ Whatever it took, whatever she had to say, she would say it.

She gauged the distance between herself and her sister and knew she could never reach her in time if Emily decided to drop the child out of the window. It was one step for Emily and at least eight for Fern. She didn’t stand a chance of getting there in time. The best she could do was to go along with the torturous game Emily wanted to play.

Angel’s tiny face screwed up, turning puce in her hysteria as she dangled from Emily’s hands. Arms and legs pumped in unison with a ferocity borne of panic. She couldn’t know what her fate was to be but could only be aware of the whipping away of all security.

‘Emily, put Angel down.’

‘You don’t trust me, do you?’ She tilted her head to one side as her lips kicked up in a mocking smile, one Fern recognised as dangerous.

‘It’s not that. I know you wouldn’t mean to, but you might slip.’ If she could pacify her long enough to get her away from the window.

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