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The inside of the house smelled a bitthe cold weather, and would have opened a lot more, but Rebecca shook her head at me, and led the way upstairs to Muht it seemed filled with deep dark secrets Hopefully, anyway

Rebecca opened the old wooden wardrobe in the corner of the room, and within minutes she had pulled out a couple of old cardboard shoeboxes and a s around under the bed and searched through the bedside table drawer, finding nothing but a couple of dust balls and a book with a half-naked couple on the cover I closed ave up after a few seconds and had a look through it Gosh I looked at the cover again, and saw the words "Erotic Romance" emblazoned across the top I'll say My ears felt as if they were on fire I glanced over at Rebecca, as busy rifling through the papers in the first shoe box, and not paying me any attention whatsoever Good I surreptitiously tucked the book back into the drawer Mum's secret would be safe with me Well, that one at least

Rebecca

The first shoebox was filled with old papers, soanisations and banks None seenificant The second contained Christs and homeuilt at this proof of ourto protect us with her evasiveness But then I thought of all that had happened over the past three weeks, and how ed, and how different my life was, and I decided there and then that I didn't need any protection I lived in a different world now, one that was governed by power and violence and instinct, and I was adapting all the tim shift

I carefully replaced the shoeboxes in the bottom of the wardrobe, and hefted the wooden box It seeht, but it was locked, and when I shook it I could hear the rattle and rustle of papers within I looked up at Mark as also looking a bit guilty

"We should take this with us to Angus' place He us," he sested that," I threatened