Chapter 8

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"Lauren?"

"Lauren!?" Josh called as he clicked his fingers in front of my face.

"Huh, what?" I said as I snapped out of thought.

"You stopped talking and just froze. You looked scared, are you ok?"

"Umm yeah I'm fine" I lied looking away.

"Hmm, we'll did you want me to pick anything up from your house?"

"No!" I blurted out. "Um I mean, no thank you" I kept my eyes on the floor, avoiding eye contact.

"Lauren, what's wrong? Is everything ok at home?"

Oh no, he can't find out. "Yeah, everything's fine." I lied again forcing a smile.

"Hmm" he replied. He didn't seem to be falling for it.

"Oh I got you something." He said whilst passing me bag.

Inside I found a couple of magazines, some chocolates, some books and DVD's.

"Oh, cool thanks Josh" I thanked him. I picked up a dvd. "The notebook....really" I said while laughing.

"What? It's a classic, makes me cry everytime." He said while pretending to cry.

I laughed even harder. As he went to put the film on a tall, thin woman with her black hair tied back into a ponytail walked into the room

"Hello there, Lauren right? I'm Amanda, from social services. I just need to ask you a few questions."

Social services? What!?....

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