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toast and a cup of tea.”
    I keep my mouth shut because if I didn’t, I would have told her to hold off on the toast and I know she will cause a fuss if I tell her that. When I’m dressed and ready I head for the kitchen. Monica isn’t about so I drink my tea but ignore the toast. “You better eat that toast Peppa, don’t make me mad.”
    She once again makes me jump, “Bloody hell Monica, stop creeping up on me. My nerves are all over the place and I can’t eat a thing. I promise I will eat when we get back.”
    She just stares at me. I try and distract her by asking if she will come to the police station with me. “Of course I’m coming with you. You’re my best friend, I’m not going to let you go through this alone. Even if Lara will be there, I’m still not sure of her motives. Oh, do you mind if we go to my place first so I can pack some clothes? If we leave now and head straight for the police station stopping at my place on the way.”
    I’m still going over what she said about Lara and I hope she’s wrong. I really hope Lara has changed. Monica touches my arm and I glance at her and smile, “Yes, sorry, of course we can go to your place first, if you like.”
    At Monica’s house, she packs what she needs and we both coo over her nephew for a little while before it is time to head for the police station. I'm nervous on the ride over, but when Monica parks up the car, the butterflies start to churn away and I feel faint. I take a few deep breaths, get out of the car and walk in praying it isn’t going to take long. I spot Lara straight away as she does her finger wave at me and she comes rushing over and hugs me. I take a good look at her I can see the dark circles under eyes and I’m sure she can see mine. The bruising on her face has turned a yellow greenish colour and I can see the sorrow etched all over it.
    I know what she is going to say but I need to ask anyway, “Is there any news?”
    She shakes her head, “No, nothing, I am hoping you might find something out today.”
    Monica voices her opinion, “Ha, told you Peppa, motives. Did your daddy put you up to this? Did he tell you to keep an eye on Peppa?”
    I can see the confusion on Lara’s face but I’m saved from seeing if a sparring match will kick off between the two of them when a deep male voice says, "Ms. Thorne?”
    I turn around and say, “Yes, that's me.”
    He looks me up and down and holds his hand out for me to shake, which I do, “Ms. Thorne, I’m Detective Payne. Please follow me.”
    He holds on to my hand a little bit longer than I like so I pull it away. He turns and walks along a corridor expecting me to follow.
    I try and smile at Monica and Lara to give the impression I’m ok, but I’m not, I’m scared. They both smile back and Monica says, “I will be here waiting, see you soon.” A “me too,” comes from Lara as I turn and follow Detective Payne.
    We walk into a room and he asks me to sit. We both pull a chair out from the table in the middle of the room and sit down. He opens the file he has in front of him and lets me know we will be recorded then he presses a button and goes on to say my name, his name and the time and date.
    “Ms. Thorne, I can understand you must be very upset with the disappearance of Mr. Noah Blaise. Can you please tell me where you were around 11pm on the night of the 14th?”
    “Yes, I was in bed fast asleep. I had been at Noah’s bedside for two days. I was exhausted and needed to get some rest.”
    “Do you have anyone who can confirm this?”
    Oh bugger this is going to be fun, how am I supposed to explain Juan? Just tell the truth Peppa
    “My boyfriend Juan was with me.”
    “Oh yes, Mr. Juan Cassidy. Mr. Blaise, Noah’s father, thinks you both have something to do with Noah’s disappearance. He claims you wanted Noah out of the way so you can be with Mr. Cassidy. Is this true?”
    My temper flares and I put my elbows on the table and lean forward to make sure I get