Residue

"Do you know what she did to me? She made me sell my body so she could get money to pay the dealers! I'm dirty. I'm dirty. I'm dirty. I'm dirty. I'm filthy, filthy, filthy!" She was sobbing.

Ephedra Alastor's life became a mess the day her father's head was delivered to her and her mother's doorstep with the exception of the rest of his body.

They never caught the killers and her mom turned to drugs and alcohol - to forget. Even for a little while. She turns violent towards Ephedra.

She longs to escape, to go to university and move away from her.

Until the police find her suspicious of her mother's murder...

A charming boy who likes to say the word 'banter' with a British accent has sworn to help her find her mother's real murderer...

But can he help her when she wasn't even sure herself?

What does she lose to gain her innocence?

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#193 on Mystery/Thriller - 7 June 2015