Chapter 12: Home Aima's POV"Home," Dom said again, slowly. "Who's coming to take you home, Aima?"The stairwell was so quiet that I could hear the tap dripping three floors below. Samuel's voice had stopped, but it still seemed to hang in the air.I had two choices. I could lie, or I could tell him part of the truth."My uncle," I said. "Samuel. He's my dad's younger brother."Dom's face didn't change. "The one in Bristol.""Yes. His wife, my Aunt Bridget, told him I stole a watch. I didn't. She hid it in her own jewellery box and blamed me, so she could throw me out. Samuel was away on a trip. He got home and found out the truth."I told him about the thin mattress and the housework and the names she called me. I did not tell him about the message on my screen, or the recording, or Vance.Dom listened to every word. When I finished, he was quiet for so long that I thought he had stopped breathing."And now he wants to take you back to Bristol," he said."I don't know what he wants
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