Chapter 2
I woke up surrounded by the night; above me, the canopy of a large tree, in front of me, a bejewelled sky, and beneath me, a carpet of soft, fresh-smelling grass. There was a breeze dancing through the leaves and setting some of the smaller branches bobbing. It was a mild summer night and I felt strangely at peace. My jaw didn’t hurt and when I pressed the palm of my hand against it, I felt no swelling. With the tip of my tongue I checked each and every tooth and could account for them all.
Only when I stood up and realised there was not an electric light in sight did I wonder how I had come to be wherever it is I was. Had Dennis and my mother thought me dead and dumped my body? It was possible. Astounding as it was to me, my mother loved Dennis deeply and would do anything to
