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“Can’t you? Jo, my love.”
― Nicola Sanders, Don't Let Her Stay

“He knows. He knows what she’s like, but he pretends he doesn’t. Or maybe he is so much in denial that he can’t bring himself to admit it. But one thing is suddenly very clear: he doesn’t want to provoke her.”
― Nicola Sanders, Don't Let Her Stay

“Two hours and fifty-five minutes. That's how long it takes before I find something that makes me sit up in bed. It’s dark, late evening. Evie asleep in the nursery. We must have been downstairs. At one point there’s movement. Evie’s little nightlight wasn’t on, but if you squint, you can see a shadow against the far wall. Chloe. She's crouched in the corner of the room. Then Evie starts to cry and literally one second later the shadow slips out of the room.”
― Nicola Sanders, Don't Let Her Stay

“Why would I tell you? It's the saddest part of my life. And it was a long time ago. I don’t like thinking about it. And when you got pregnant with Evie, it wouldn’t have occurred to me to tell you. Would you really have wanted to know then that I'd lost a daughter?’ ‘Yes. If the roles were reversed and I’d lost a baby, wouldn’t you want to know?’ ‘Honestly? No. If you were over it, and it was a long time ago, I wouldn't need to know.”
― Nicola Sanders, Don't Let Her Stay