All My Lies Are True by Dorothy Koomson

Author:Dorothy Koomson
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781472260437
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2020-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

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Now

‘What have I done now?’ Con asks the moment we ask him to come into the kitchen and sit down with us at the table.

I’ve been lucky, I know that. Until now, my children have been dreams. I used to often wonder what I did to get this fortunate. They didn’t go off the rails too much, and whenever Con wanted to do something he knew we wouldn’t tolerate, he’d pitch up at Verity’s and make her his accomplice. I minded that he did that stuff, but preferred he was doing it around someone who would stop things getting out of hand. His group of friends are a mix of bad boys and angelic boys that Verity has lovingly named the ‘Brain’s Trust’ because while they are all really intelligent, when they’re together they seem to share one brain and do the most ridiculous/stupid things. Again, I’ve never minded because until recently I knew someone – Verity – was watching over them.

‘What do you think you’ve done?’ Evan asks his son. I don’t know why he’s trying it on, Con could run rings around us both by the time he was twelve. He knew how to use his big eyes, cute looks and sweet charm to get exactly what he wanted whenever he wanted by the time he turned eight. And my husband is trying this on now?

‘That’s for me to know and you to bring up in its entirety in your case against me,’ Con replies.

I shoot Evan a dirty look. This is a serious conversation, I don’t want to start it by being silly because I don’t want to have to try to convince our son what we’re saying is true.

‘Can we just talk about what we called you in here to talk about, please?’ I say to my son but mean it for my husband.

Evan glances at me and I give him a ‘come on!’ look. Mollified he returns his attention to Con. Evan has his doctor’s face on again because he’s back where we were when we made the decision to tell him sooner rather than later. To explain why Verity is now sitting in a prison cell. Why the police will probably be taking us all in for questioning.

‘This is about me and Verity,’ I say to Conrad. ‘And why she’s been arrested and held in custody.’

‘Is this about you being accused of murder when you were a teenager and almost going to prison? And that other girl, well, I suppose she’s a woman now, going to prison for the crime? Ahhh, sick, she was a Carlisle. Is that guy related to her?’

‘What?’ I say to my son, my eyes wide with shock.

‘What?’ my husband says to our son, his face set with alarm.

We stare at each other, confused, then turn to Conrad, ultra-confused. ‘What?’ we both say at the same time.

Conrad looks back at us like we’re the ones who are a bit on the odd side.

‘You know about that?’ I say cautiously.

‘Yeah, course.’

‘How?’

‘I searched you up.

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