Innocent

Innocent
Cathy Glass

Innocent is the shocking true story of little Molly and Kit, siblings, aged 3 years and 18 months, who are brought into care as an emergency after suffering non-accidental injuries.Aneta and Filip, the children’s parents, are distraught when their children are taken into care. Aneta maintains she is innocent of harming them, while Filip appears bewildered and out of his depth. It’s true the family has never come to the attention of the social services before and little Kit and Molly appear to have been well looked after, but Kit has a broken arm and bruises on his face. Could it be they were a result of a genuine accident as Aneta is claiming? Both children become sick with a mysterious illness while, experienced foster carer, Cathy, is looking after them. Very worried, she asks for more hospital tests to be done. They’ve already had a lot. When Cathy’s daughter, Lucy, becomes ill too she believes she has found the cause of Kit and Molly’s illness and the parents aren’t to blame. However, nothing could be further from the truth and what comes to light is far more sinister and shocking.

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Certain details in this story, including names, places and dates, have been changed to protect the family’s privacy.

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Contents

1  Cover (#u661540c8-b510-5f3a-bfe4-e3f9a37aeb48)

2  Title Page

3  Copyright

4  Contents (#u11de52c0-bfc6-5b1a-bd19-36717b92a086)

5  Acknowledgements

6  Chapter One: Traumatized

7 Chapter Two: Chaos

8 Chapter Three: Disturbed Night

9  Chapter Four: Good Mother

10  Chapter Five: Distressing

11  Chapter Six: I Want Mummy

12  Chapter Seven: Sick

13  Chapter Eight: Need to Know?

14  Chapter Nine: Sick Again

15  Chapter Ten: Bonding

16  Chapter Eleven: Exasperated and Worried

17  Chapter Twelve: Play Nicely

18  Chapter Thirteen: Not Responsible

19  Chapter Fourteen: Hospital

20  Chapter Fifteen: A Breakthrough?

21  Chapter Sixteen: My Fault

22  Chapter Seventeen: Accused

23  Chapter Eighteen: Leaving

24  Chapter Nineteen: Shocking

25  Chapter Twenty: Beyond Belief

26  Chapter Twenty-One: No Contact