The Affair: The shocking, gripping story of a schoolgirl and a scandal

The Affair: The shocking, gripping story of a schoolgirl and a scandal
Amanda Brooke

A shocking story about a fifteen-year-old girl and the man who took advantage of her“You might as well know from the start, I’m not going to tell on him and I don’t care how much trouble I get in. It’s not like it could get any worse than it already is.I can’t. Don’t ask me why, I just can’t.”When Nina finds out that her fifteen-year-old daughter, Scarlett, is pregnant, her world falls apart.Because Scarlet won’t tell anyone who the father is. And Nina is scared that the answer will destroy everything.As the suspects mount – from Scarlett’s teacher to Nina’s new husband of less than a year – Nina searches for the truth: no matter what the cost.

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Source ISBN: 9780008116552

Ebook Edition © November 2016 ISBN: 9780008116569

Version 2016-10-13

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For Jessica Valentine, who made the task of bringing up a teenager surprisingly easy

Table of Contents

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Title Page (#u5e798257-9c07-506a-84a3-f1e23cf8caf2)

Copyright (#ufdfa12dd-1566-5b65-a86d-b1ed97241b88)

Dedication (#ub9bce9a9-399a-5a18-8010-c266caa57610)

Scarlett (#ufd4f37c8-4786-578b-afe8-2290eda01a51)

Chapter 1 (#uca1608da-be30-57b7-9dc2-1f565bf5ef13)

Chapter 2 (#ub81bf465-eeff-51fc-a249-72682f35a588)

Scarlett (#uc4fdd7aa-02eb-56f1-aab0-001f132709dd)

Chapter 3 (#u13a06811-90c7-5503-8e5c-41ad22868d4d)

Chapter 4 (#ub3f9d0c8-78f5-5454-916b-96350a9fcc05)

Scarlett (#ufec64f1c-45b8-5d89-9d99-ad655a1eae23)

Chapter 5 (#u7f24ef28-abb3-535f-8395-b5af4edc9b46)

Chapter 6 (#ucf55eb7d-d7fd-5953-a399-a0871f115d05)

Scarlett (#ud4f7f415-7e4a-5111-8ace-b0c17283e367)

Chapter 7 (#uac127afc-57a4-53d6-9fa5-968066ce8b7b)

Chapter 8 (#u3784d738-0969-59aa-a56d-830f889d600e)

Scarlett (#ue544bb3e-b4e2-552b-b01a-b446d23a16aa)

Chapter 9 (#ue91930a7-42c2-5dbf-9864-9b03efca179e)

Chapter 10 (#litres_trial_promo)

Scarlett (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Scarlett (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Scarlett (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)