Grass

by Cathy MacPhail

  Or could I?

  There was maybe one person I could tell. The only person I could trust with that knowledge. I could tell him now and he wouldn’t be in any danger and he’d maybe understand why I’d done it. Why I’d done so many things. And why I couldn’t tell him before.

  Just one person. Sean.

  And maybe, just maybe – if I was really lucky – he’d be my mate again.

  Not right away, I knew that. It might take time. But I could wait. I would work hard to prove he could trust me again.

  It took all my nerve – more than I needed to go out that night I planted the gun – to go to Sean’s house.

  I bought myself a packet of Mint Imperials to give me courage and headed for his street. I rang the bell and after an age it was Sean himself who opened the door. As if he’d seen me coming up the path, and had considered ignoring me.

  I tried not to stumble over the words. I was so afraid he’d tell me to bog off before I got the chance to say anything.

  ‘There’s something I have to tell you, Sean.’

  He looked at me. Said nothing for a long time. I was sure he was about to shut the door in my face, but he only shrugged his shoulders.

  ‘Suppose you better come in, then,’ he said.

  And I stepped inside.

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  Also by Cathy MacPhail

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  Run, Zan, Run

  Missing

  Bad Company

  Dark Waters

  Fighting Back

  Another Me

  Underworld

  Roxy’s Baby

  Worse Than Boys

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  The Nemesis Series

  Into the Shadows

  The Beast Within

  Sinister Intent

  Ride of Death

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  First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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  Copyright © Catherine MacPhail 2009

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