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couldn’t let anything happen to you, not after what you went through after your brother died.’
‘But I survived and I’m probably doing better than you. I’m not concerned about the Cooper family. If you want the truth, Dad, I think Mum takes Grandma for granted. Perhaps we all do,’ said Elise sadly staring at her feet. ‘I wish that stupid fire alarm hadn’t gone off at school. Cara and I wouldn’t have gone into town and the scruffy boy wouldn’t have existed. Do you think it was fate, Dad?’
‘I don’t know, Elise. We should make every effort to speak to Melanie Cooper and Jake together and ask what brought them here. I can’t do it in uniform, so we have to play them at their own game. There is no rule against driving along Bay Park Road, parking and taking photographs of the Channel Ferry coming into Rauston Quay, is there?’
‘What a good idea! How about Cara coming with us?’ suggested Elise. ‘It’s a pity Grandma won’t be able to join us. She’ll be driving through France.’
Steve twisted around and almost slid down the front of the car. ‘You’re having me on?’
‘Nope! It’s the truth, Dad, and I don’t blame her. I believe she’s on her way to the port to catch the ferry to Le Havre right now because her friends live near Bayeux. She’s visited lots of times, especially when Grandpa was alive.’
‘What do we say to your mum?’ asked Steve shaking his head.
Elise laughed. ‘We don’t have to say anything. Just act dumb, like we always do and when Grandma returns home
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