Slow burn, you say? Who me?

He did feel safe with Josh, as much as he felt safe with anyone anyway. It wasn’t easy to believe anyone would stay when the person who had always had his back had vanished in an instant. For a long time, he’d been furious at his father for leaving them. For leaving him. Because it had felt personal. His mother and his siblings had been left too, but he couldn’t help how it felt.

From the prologue His priority was ensuring he hadn’t left it in any of the common spaces—his brothers were all too curious for their own good, for one. And if little Anne found it… He shuddered, forcing himself to slow down his survey of the living room. In a house with five kids, it was unlikely to remain empty for long. “What did you lose?” At fourteen, Marisa sounded as long-suffering as an old matron. Ray and she got on well most of the time, since they both wanted to help their mum as...