Or could I?
There was maybe one person I could tell. The only person I could trust with that knowledge. I could tell him now and he wouldn’t be in any danger and he’d maybe understand why I’d done it. Why I’d done so many things. And why I couldn’t tell him before.
Just one person. Sean.
And maybe, just maybe – if I was really lucky – he’d be my mate again.
Not right away, I knew that. It might take time. But I could wait. I would work hard to prove he could trust me again.
It took all my nerve – more than I needed to go out that night I planted the gun – to go to Sean’s house.
I bought myself a packet of Mint Imperials to give me courage and headed for his street. I rang the bell and after an age it was Sean himself who opened the door. As if he’d seen me coming up the path, and had considered ignoring me.
I tried not to stumble over the words. I was so afraid he’d tell me to bog off before I got the chance to say anything.
‘There’s something I have to tell you, Sean.’
He looked at me. Said nothing for a long time. I was sure he was about to shut the door in my face, but he only shrugged his shoulders.
‘Suppose you better come in, then,’ he said.
And I stepped inside.
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Also by Cathy MacPhail
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Run, Zan, Run
Missing
Bad Company
Dark Waters
Fighting Back
Another Me
Underworld
Roxy’s Baby
Worse Than Boys
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The Nemesis Series
The Beast Within
Sinister Intent
Ride of Death
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First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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