Paper Butterflies. Lisa Heathfield

      

      First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Electric Monkey,

       an imprint of Egmont UK Limited

       The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN

      Text copyright © 2016 Lisa Heathfield

      The moral rights of the author have been asserted

      First e-book edition 2016

      ISBN 978 1 4052 7539 2

      eISBN 978 1 7803 1675 8

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       For Miles –

       for making my heart beat that little bit faster.

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

BEFORE: ten years old

BEFORE: four days later

AFTER

BEFORE: eleven years old

AFTER

       BEFORE: twelve years old

       AFTER

       BEFORE: thirteen years old

       AFTER

       BEFORE: fourteen years old

       AFTER

       BEFORE: fifteen years old

       BEFORE: two months later

       AFTER

       BEFORE: two months later

       BEFORE: one week later

       AFTER

       AFTER: five weeks later

       AFTER: one week later

       AFTER: six weeks later

       AFTER: four months later

       AFTER: eighteen years old

       AFTER: six months later

       AFTER: nineteen years old

       AFTER: two days later

       AFTER: twenty-four years old

       AFTER: one month later

       A NOTE FROM BLISTER

       ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       BACK SERIES PROMOTIONAL PAGE

       Praise for Lisa Heathfield’s SEED

BEFORE

       ten years old

      ‘Drink it.’ She’s holding the glass out to me. It’s so full that if she tipped her hand just a bit the water would trickle down the side. ‘Now.’

      ‘But I’m not thirsty.’ I want my voice to be big, but it’s just a whisper.

      Kathleen bends so low that her eyes are level with mine. Her eyelashes are black. The blusher on her cheeks is too red, like two little apples sitting in puddles of cream.

      ‘Drink it,’ she says again.

      My bladder is full. She hasn’t let me use the toilet since I got up this morning and I’ve already had my glass of warm milk.