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"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? Author's Note: Thank you for clicking on the cover! Read, enjoy, vote and comment! You won't regret it! #193 on Mystery/Thriller - 7 June 2015
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Sometimes you're better of not being left in the dark, because what you don't know... could hurt you. ★ EVERYTHING WAS A LIE. She'd been an expert at getting people to feel for her. I was so embarrassed to be her son sometimes. "You're ridiculous Cathy..." I said my voice full of defeat. She was smirking, looking away from me but I could see she wasn't concentrating. Sighing and feeling furious I picked up my keys from the flower pot where I'd put it and stormed of to my car. "Yeah go you stupid boy! You were always useless anyway!" I heard her scream before I drove off. It was comments like this that hurt but I kept it to myself, I didn't know who to tell if I decided to anyway. The story of my life.★ ★"Have you reached a verdict?" "We have your honour." The jury foreman responds. This is it. This is the moment that, as cliché as it sounds, we have all been waiting for. Everything had to be okay after this. It had to...★ Don't bother questioning about how much you know , it's what you don't know that's important. Layla Brixton is a young college student that unwillingly puts her sharing skills to a test when new boy Nick Anderson has to move into her home. But with loving best friend xzavier and caring parents I'm sure she will get through it.That is until she finds out not everything is as it seems. This book is full of betrayal, heartbreak, mystery,suspense,good times and bad. Take a look into Layla Brixton's life and find out what you don't know. ★ I pushed it open. And Xzavier came in last shutting it behind him. "Mum?!" I shout out "Mrs Brixton?!" Nick followed. "What's going on here why are you two shouting?" "The door it was left open." I answer Xzavier "Oh...well why would your mum leave the door open it's practically 0 degrees outside" he said taking of his gloves and shoving them in his pocket. Nick was still calling out my mums name but no reply came back. "She wouldn't" ★ Started:25/03/2018 Finished: 25/04/2018

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