The Boy No One Loved: A Heartbreaking True Story of Abuse, Abandonment and Betrayal. Casey Watson

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      THE BOY NO ONE LOVED. © Casey Watson 2011. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

      Casey Watson asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library

      Source ISBN: 9780007436569

      Ebook Edition © AUGUST 2011 ISBN: 9780007436576 Version 2016-10-18

       Dedication

      To my wonderful and supportive family

       Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright

      Dedication

      Prologue

      Chapter 1

      Funny the little details that tend to stick in your…

      Chapter 2

      I followed Kieron up the stairs, Riley close behind me,…

      Chapter 3

      I’m mad about Christmas – always have been and always will…

      Chapter 4

      I woke on Christmas morning in my usual good spirits,…

      Chapter 5

      One of the main things Mike and I had to…

      Chapter 6

      ‘I just can’t help it,’ Justin said. ‘I know I…

      Chapter 7

      We’d been sitting there together for an hour by now.

      Chapter 8

      It was the following Saturday morning and I was on…

      Chapter 9

      It was a freezing cold day at the end of…

      Chapter 10

      The end of the week saw another email arrive from…

      Chapter 11

      April had arrived and with it some slightly warmer weather…

      Chapter 12

      Sunshine, I thought happily, as I yanked open the bedroom…

      Chapter 13

      ‘Aw, Mum. Pleeeeaaase!!!’

      Chapter 14

      ‘Mrs Watson? It’s Richard Firth, Head of Year Seven at…

      Chapter 15

      After the whole issue of the exclusion and Justin’s further…

      Chapter 16

      I woke up the next morning with a really thick…

      Chapter 17

      It was late August and, now that Justin was making…

      Chapter 18

      ‘Spaghetti bolognaise!’ Justin announced with an excited flourish. ‘I’m gonna…

      Chapter 19

      Though we didn’t know for sure (and, as it turned…

      Chapter 20

      It was now late September and I was beginning to…

      Chapter 21

      ‘Aw, it’s not fair. I soooo want to come!’ Riley…

      Chapter 22

      It was a Friday morning, just a week after Justin’s…

      Chapter 23

      ‘What shall it be then, Casey, do you think? Shall…

      Chapter 24

      Deep breath, I said to myself slowly. Deep breath. It…

      Epilogue

       Exclusive sample chapter

       Casey Watson

      Acknowledgements

       About the Publisher

      Prologue

      His little brothers, the boy saw, were both covered in shit. They’d removed their full nappies and smeared each other in it, while their mother’s dog – a spiteful brown terrier – was busy licking what remained from the bars of their shared cot.

      He shooed the dog away and, gagging now, lifted both boys out, and then went СКАЧАТЬ