“Tina and Pete stood together. Pete knew he should be grilling the girl, getting the full story before details were lost, but… — Nicole Trope Black hair Copy Share Image
“His body had become a statue as soon as the man’s hand made contact. He was perfectly still on his bed of… — Nicole Trope Copy Share Image
“There was a man in the garden with the little girl. He was turning over the soil in a garden bed. He… — Nicole Trope Bad news Copy Share Image
“Sarah wondered what they—the ‘they’ who had taken her child; the ‘they’ or the ‘him’ or the ‘her’—were feeding him.Sometimes a fear… — Nicole Trope Children Copy Share Image
“You know, Lockie,’ she said aloud. ‘What?’ ‘The thing about parents is . . . the thing about good parents — and… — Nicole Trope Bad boy Copy Share Image
“There was colour everywhere you looked. Colour and beauty and she understood how desperately Lockie would have missed his home. Under the… — Nicole Trope Beauty Copy Share Image
“Lockie stood with his arms by his sides as she ran her hands over his hair and squeezed his arms. Tina could… — Nicole Trope Oh god Copy Share Image
“Outside the night worked its way towards dawn and inside Tina talked. When she got to the part about seeing Lockie in… — Nicole Trope Eye for an eye Copy Share Image
“Little boys who were suffering were all the same. Lockie was making chinks in the wall. No matter how hard she tried… — Nicole Trope Little boys Copy Share Image
“She had to find him. The desperate need to find him swirled around her body with everything she did. It ate into… — Nicole Trope Copy Share Image
“Tina dropped her eyes. She hated this feeling. She wished she could tell the woman that her life hadn’t always been governed… — Nicole Trope Friendship Copy Share Image
“But there wasn’t even a trace of him. It was like the universe had opened up a hole and dragged Lockie down… — Nicole Trope Family Copy Share Image
“Right now he needed to concentrate on keeping himself under control. Inside, his gut churned. There was a war going on. The… — Nicole Trope Children Copy Share Image
“Tina began to breathe in a little of the boy’s despair. It crept up her spine and tingled at her neck. Right… — Nicole Trope Right now Copy Share Image
“In all his years as a cop he had never felt this helpless, as though he had one hand tied behind his… — Nicole Trope Every day Copy Share Image
“Pete had stopped the car at the bottom of a long brick driveway. Tina saw a large low house that stretched across… — Nicole Trope Every morning Copy Share Image
“Sometimes Sarah would be up and about and when she saw Pete she would let something slip.He would walk into the kitchen… — Nicole Trope Asking questions Copy Share Image
“The uniform said they didn’t want me anymore,’ interrupted Lockie. Tina could hear some anger underneath his faltering words. ‘He said they… — Nicole Trope Parenting Copy Share Image
“The boy was tied up under the table, scrabbling his way through an empty packet of biscuits, licking his fingers to gather… — Nicole Trope Tunnel vision Copy Share Image
“She didn’t see what she didn’t want to see. The women on the street were pretty girls waiting for a date and… — Nicole Trope Pretty girls Copy Share Image
“She thought about the last car ride she had taken. It had only been a few days ago but it felt like… — Nicole Trope Right place Copy Share Image
“Doug, you have to prepare yourself. You have to prepare Sarah. It won’t be long before they have some answers. You have… — Nicole Trope Every day Copy Share Image
“The people in the line scratched and twitched and jumped depending on whether they were on their way up or down. They… — Nicole Trope Copy Share Image
“But when they couldn’t find Lockie she had to slip back into mother mode. There were days when mother mode pulled her… — Nicole Trope Parenting Copy Share Image
“He said they would be mad at me. He said they would hate me.’ Tina saw her hand on the poker again.… — Nicole Trope Copy Share Image
