The Girl in the Mirror
A NOVEL INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY
Cathy Glass
SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
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Most families have secrets – skeletons in the closet that are never spoken of. Sometimes the secret is so painful, and buried so deep, that it becomes ‘forgotten’ by the family.
This is the story of Mandy, who wasn’t aware she held the key to her family’s dreadful secret until a crisis unlocked it.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Attitudes to the administering of pain relief are slowly changing.
‘I’m sorry,’ Mandy said, stopping Adam’s hand from going any further. ‘I’m sorry. I can’t. Not now.’
‘It’s OK,’ he said a little too quickly, moving away. ‘I could do with an early night.’
She watched him cross her bedsitting room to the chair where he’d left his jacket. Throwing his jacket over his shoulder he continued to walk away from her – to the door. Stop him, now, Mandy told herself. Stop him before it’s too late. ‘Adam?’ she said.
He turned. ‘Yes?’
She hesitated, and then shrugged. ‘Nothing. I’ll see you tomorrow?’
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