The Girl in the Mirror. Cathy Glass

      

      The Girl in the Mirror

      A NOVEL INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY

      Cathy Glass

       SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

      Table of Contents

       Cover Page

       Title Page

Author’s Note

Prologue

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Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

       Eleven

       Twelve

       Thirteen

       Fourteen

       Fifteen

       Sixteen

       Seventeen

       Eighteen

       Nineteen

       Twenty

       Twenty-One

       Twenty-Two

       Twenty-Three

       Twenty-Four

       Twenty-Five

       Twenty-Six

       Twenty-Seven

       Twenty-Eight

       Twenty-Nine

       Thirty

       Thirty-One

       Thirty-Two

       Thirty-Three

       Thirty-Four

       Thirty-Five

       Thirty-Six

       Thirty-Seven

       Thirty-Eight

       Thirty-Nine

       Forty

       Forty-One

       Forty-Two

       Forty-Three

       Forty-Four

       Also by Cathy Glass

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

       Author’s Note

      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.

       Prologue

      ‘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?’

      He