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‘No’ Rachel’s hand tightened
‘I can’t I just can’t’
‘Does she know?’
‘No’
This thing was endless and enormous, with tentacles that crept and curled and snarled because she hadn’t even begun to think about how she would tell Polly, or really, in fact, what this barbaric act would mean to Polly, because she was consumed hat it meant to her, how she couldn’t bear it, how it felt like a violent cri committed upon Cecilia This was the price for the sensual, delicious pleasure and pride she’d always taken in her children’s bodies
What did Polly’s ares? The liable Dr Yue had assured her that they werePolly’s pain
It took Cecilia aat the knees She caught her just in tiht Rachel’s body felt surprisingly insubstantial for a tall woh her bones were porous, but it was still tricky keeping her upright, as if Cecilia had just been handed a large, aard package
Aa bunch of pink carnations stopped, stuck the flowers under his aret Rachel to a nearby seat
‘Shall I find you a doctor?’ he asked ‘Should be able to track one down We’re in the right spot!’
Rachel shook her head adamantly She was pale and shaky ‘Just dizzy’
Cecilia knelt down next to Rachel and smiled politely up at theMy wife just had our first baby Three hours old Little girl’
‘Congratulations!’ said Cecilia, ajoyfully off, right in the middle of the happiest day of his life
‘Are you sure you’re okay?’ said Cecilia to Rachel
‘I’m so sorry’
‘It’s not your fault,’ said Cecilia, and felt a hint of impatience She’d co, but she needed to get back now She needed to start collecting facts She did not need to talk to a bloody counsellor, thanks very ain, and this time she would take notes and ask questions and not worry about being nice
‘You don’t understand,’ said Rachel She fixed Cecilia with red, watery eyes Her voice was high and weak ‘It isto kill hirabbed for the side of Rachel’s seat, as if it were a precipice she’d been pushed fro to kill John-Paul?’
‘Of course not I was trying to kill Connor Whitby He murdered Janie I found this video, you see It was proof’