Lullaby (44 page)
Authors: Claire Seeber
Tags: #Fiction, #Suspense, #Suspense Fiction, #Thrillers, #Mystery Fiction, #Espionage, #Mothers of kidnapped children
I grasped his solid little weight and clutched him tight against me. I didn’t look at Mickey now; I couldn’t look again. I just looked at my baby; I drank him in, his curving cheek, his fat little moon-face, his milky baby smell. And then, very carefully, with the gentle breeze ruffling my hair, with Louis tucked into my coat, I began to walk away. I walked towards my freedom, and I took my son.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
:I would have been very stuck at times without the help of some extremely talented people. Thank you to Tiggy, my first reader, for trying to guess who did it; to Flic Everett for her inestimable brushing-up, and to the rest of my Goldsmiths group, Judy Mcinerney, Guy Ware and Pyllice Eddu for providing invaluable feedback, as well as lots of wine and even more crisps. Thanks to Lou for answering my invasive questions, and to my mother for all the full-stops (you were right about Jess in the hospital, after all!).
Profound thanks to my heroically tenacious agent Teresa Chris for believing in me so early on, and to everyone at Avon, particularly Maxine Hitchcock for her insightful editing and for counting those infernal days with me time and time again; and to Keshini Naidoo for reading between the lines. Last but never least, thank you, Tim for all the domestic bits (e.g. meals)—and for wandering off so spectacularly in the first place. Thank God you both came back!
About the AuthorBorn in London with a love of all things dramatic, Claire Seeber began her career as an actress. Soon deciding she’d rather pull strings safely behind the scenes, Claire forged a successful career in documentary television, enabling her to travel the world, glimpsing into lives otherwise unseen. Also a feature-writer for newspapers such as the
Guardian, Independent on Sunday
and the
Telegraph
, Claire now combines (furious) scribbling with keeping a beady eye on her toddler and her new baby.Visit www.claireseeber.com for exclusive updates on Claire Seeber.
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