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  ‘Don’t know yet, just keep it in your garage, I suppose, until I think of something. I just wanted to keep it, that’s all.’

  ‘No problem, man. I hear you.’

  We climbed into the gas-guzzler, and as it roared into life I took my last look. I was never coming back. I’d done everything I needed, these past few months – apart from sorting myself out, of course.

  Josh hit the main and headed home to Laurel. ‘So, what you going to do in that apartment of yours? Just bang your head against the wall? C’mon, why not stay, just for the night?’

  ‘I’m thinking about going away for a few months. Don’t know why. I just want to pack, get a few things organized . . .’

  He gave that all-knowing nod. He knew very well why I was going, and where.

  The digger might have knocked the house down, but it couldn’t erase the video. And now I had a couple of new sequences to add to the collection. A good few more cold and sweaty nights lay ahead if I didn’t get my life of shit together. I’d thought a lot about going back to Dr Hughes. The zoo gates had really burst open this time, and the animals were going wild. Maybe she could help me.

  The dash clock said 11:58 as I got out my cell and checked the signal.

  Josh was impressed. ‘You getting the hang of those things at last?’

  ‘Just expecting a call, that’s all.’

  Dead on midday, my cell rang. When George gave a time, he carved it in stone. ‘That house business go OK, son?’

  ‘Yeah, left a few minutes ago.’

  ‘Good. I can’t let you go to England. Strange things can happen in therapy. The security risk is too great.’

  My body slumped. Even admitting you needed help was a fight.

  ‘But here’s the deal, son. There’s someone I know here. He’s a good man and understands work situations like ours. Hey, he’s even helped me in the past. And you’ll be getting the benefit of that pension fund earlier than you thought. The guy’s exorbitant.’

  ‘Thanks, George.’

  ‘No need, son. The fact is, I still haven’t found anyone better. And you aren’t quite dead yet.’

  Table of Contents

  Cover

  About the Author

  Copyright

  Dark Winter

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Chapter 37

  Chapter 38

  Chapter 39

  Chapter 40

  Chapter 41

  Chapter 42

  Chapter 43

  Chapter 44

  Chapter 45

  Chapter 46

  Chapter 47

  Chapter 48

  Chapter 49

  Chapter 50

  Chapter 51

  Chapter 52

  Chapter 53

  Chapter 54

  Chapter 55

  Chapter 56

  Chapter 57

  Chapter 58

  Chapter 59

  Chapter 60

  Chapter 61

  Chapter 62