The Truth About Lies by Tracy Darnton

Author:Tracy Darnton [Tracy Darnton]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781847159953
Publisher: Stripes Publishing
Published: 2018-11-06T16:00:00+00:00

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Play the game: Jess packed a one-eyed teddy, a pendant, a wooden box, an envelope of old photos and a make-up bag which belonged to Hanna.

Work Your Memory

When we get back to Dartmeet, I go straight up to my room to wash the sand and the smell of fish and chips out of my hair. I want to wash Callum away too but that won’t be so easy. And how long can I trust him to keep his mouth shut before he tells them I’m in Devon – somewhere within travelling radius of Totnes? I’ve bought some more time, that’s all. Before I have to leave, again.

They’re going to considerable effort to find me, but for what? To persuade me to rejoin a Programme Coleman doesn’t even mention in her book?

As soon as I open the door, I know someone has been in here again while I was out. They’ve tried but they haven’t put everything back exactly as they found it. The drawers are partly open and the clothes inside have been roughly searched, the bedding has been lifted and repositioned. I could go on. To my keen eyes, everything has been touched and looked through. But nothing obvious is missing. And there’s no new postcard on the board.

It can’t be Callum’s handiwork so soon. He’d only tracked me to a potential sighting in Totnes, miles away.

I check the trunk. Someone has scratched at the lock, maybe inserted a piece of wire, because it’s open. It’s Kim’s game again. I check quickly through the clothes for the pearl pendant – still safe in its cloth bag. The inlaid box of Mum and the envelope of old photos are tucked at the bottom. My ancient teddy glowers at me with his one glass eye.

Only one item is missing.

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