Groomed: Danger lies closer than you think. Casey Watson
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Название: Groomed: Danger lies closer than you think
Автор: Casey Watson
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Биографии и Мемуары
isbn: 9780008217617
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A path which could so easily start from a bedroom in some grotty flat and a mobile phone. With no Casey snooping outside to curtail her paying hobby, what was to stop her, after all? As she unpacked her possessions upstairs, oblivious, I made my choice. Whether she liked it or not (and if Danny was right, she definitely wouldn’t like it) I decided I was going to do a Casey.
Keeley didn’t need calling down in the end. She appeared in the dining room half an hour or so into the meeting, red in the face from her unpacking exertions, and, having first visited the kitchen, holding a glass of water. I pulled out the chair between Danny and me. ‘We’ve pretty much done all the boring stuff now,’ he told her. ‘Just need to hear your thoughts now, about staying here – if you have any? Is there anything you need to ask me while I’m here, Keels?’
Keeley glanced around the table. ‘So I am going to be staying here, then, am I? I mean, that’s fine by me,’ she said, gracing me with a smile. ‘Anywhere so long as I don’t have to go back there. And it’s only till I’m sixteen, anyways, so it’s all good,’ she finished.
I resisted the urge to pitch in with ‘you’re welcome’, and catching my eye – and perhaps my thought process – Danny grinned.
‘Don’t worry, we hear you loud and clear, Keels,’ he said. ‘And yes, Casey has very kindly agreed that you can stay here for a while. But like anywhere,’ he went on, leaning forward for emphasis, ‘the Watsons have rules, and I expect you to heed them, okay? If you’re expecting me to go out on a limb and sort you out some accommodation for after your birthday, then you have to do your bit, too, okay? Following the rules, as I’ve told you before, is a normal part of life. We all have to do it and you’re no exception.’
It was obviously a conversation they’d had several times before. ‘Yeah, yeah, I know,’ Keeley replied, nodding, ‘I get it. I have to behave myself. And I have been.’
Danny’s gaze became stern, which put years on him. Which was good. ‘Well, from what I hear,’ he went on, ‘you don’t quite “get it”, Keeley. Last time I checked, having phone sex, or whatever it is you call it, isn’t
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