Broken: Part 3 of 3: A traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret.. Rosie Lewis
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      Certain details in this story, including names, places and dates, have been changed to protect the family’s privacy.

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      First published by HarperElement 2017

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      © Rosie Lewis 2017

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      Source ISBN: 9780008242800

      Ebook Edition © December 2017 ISBN: 9780008242855

      Version: 2017-11-14

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       By the same author

       Chapter Twenty-One

       Chapter Twenty-Two

       Chapter Twenty-Three

       Chapter Twenty-Four

       Chapter Twenty-Five

       Chapter Twenty-Six

       Chapter Twenty-Seven

       Chapter Twenty-Eight

       Chapter Twenty-Nine

       Epilogue

       Helpful Reading

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       About the Publisher

       By the same author

      Helpless (e-short)

       Trapped

      A Small Boy’s Cry (e-short)

      Two More Sleeps (e-short)

       Betrayed

      Unexpected (e-short)

       Torn

       Taken

       Chapter Twenty-One

      Archie looked a fright the next morning; his eyes puffy, cheeks flushed. In manic tidying mode from the minute he came downstairs, he began piling up the breakfast bowls and sweeping the spoons away before any of us had even eaten. ‘Archie, love,’ I said, laughing, ‘give us a chance. I’ve only just put those there.’

      He grinned and set them out again, but there was a distant quality to his smile. Physically, he was with us, but it seemed that his mind was somewhere else. Hearing about the children’s disappointment, Emily and Jamie had agreed to come with us to the splash park the previous day. Archie had been cheered by the news and seemed to enjoy charging down the slides after Jamie, but even that failed to erase the dull sadness in his eyes. I got the sense that he was struggling to contain himself as he walked around the table. He straightened the placemats and centralised the bowls with the studied caution of someone who was about ready to explode.

      It was Sunday 15 February and though the children had only been living with us for just over six weeks, I felt I already had Bobbi sussed. Her favourite СКАЧАТЬ