The story continues… It’s been a while but if you’d like to re-read the story in its entirety you can find it on my website. You know how it goes, click the link… https://scrichmondauthor.wixsite.com/mysite/the-charade Chapter 23. Joseph went to the station himself to pick her up, his man was still out scouring the streets […]
Chapter 22 by Carol Taylor Carl was panicking where was he going to take the girl? His mind was racing he knew he shouldn’t have taken her he only meant to knock her out so he could search her room undisturbed. He also knew that Joseph Peabody was not a man to cross…He was beginning […]
Chapter 21 Carl stood in the darkened room, she was getting feisty, a month ago she wouldn’t have said boo to him and now she was standing her ground. He liked that, it was more of a challenge. He was looking forward to what she had to say to him when she came round. He […]
Chapter 20 By Carol Taylor The girl was angry, angrier than she had been for a long time… Carl’s eyes had given him away she had seen the real him. Instead of being scared though she was angry it seemed like everyone she knew was keeping things from her or trying to get something from […]
Chapter 19 For a moment she felt dumbstruck but as the adrenalin hit her system she made a dash for the door. Inside was dark and subdued, she looked around in the gloom but couldn’t see the girl, she couldn’t be far away, the scream was still fresh in her ears. She pushed a door […]
Chapter 18 By Dewin Nefol & S C Richmond The carriage picked her up as Mr James had said it would, she felt nervous but knew she couldn’t let Mr James down and once she met Mr Peasbody she hoped she would remember him and she would be able to relax. The journey to York […]
Chapter 17 by Carol Taylor Tossing and turning the girl could not sleep if she did it was that same recurring nightmare. Finally she arose went to the bathroom then the kitchen to make some warm milk maybe that would induce sleep she was so very tired. Sitting in front of the dying embers of […]
Chapter Sixteen She sat with Kathy for a while in the kitchen, they chatted as they ate the delicious cakes, she felt confident with Kathy they were beginning to become good friends and she thought it was time to share some of her thoughts about Carl with her. “I really liked him Kathy but now […]
Chapter Fifteen by S C Richmond Sitting in the safety of her room she was angry at herself for running away, she had seen George as she ran past the window and she thought he had glimpsed her but she had kept running. She no longer knew what to think, she took her necklace off […]
Chapter Fourteen by S C Richmond She walked into the poorest part of town, feeling completely overdressed in her new outfit, it was late afternoon and she thought that if 23, Coal Street was Georges address that they could go out for a drink. She hoped he could tell her more about her family, he obviously knew something […]
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