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Thanks for the Memories
Ahern
Cecelia
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Dedicated, with love, to my grandparents, Olive and Raphael Kelly and Julia and Con Ahern, thanks for the memories
Contents
Prologue CLOSE YOUR EYES AND STARE into the dark. Part One One Month Earlier Chapter 1 BLOOD TRANSFUSION,” DR. FIELDS ANNOUNCES from the podium of a… Chapter 2 PROFESSOR HITCHCOCK.” DR. FIELDS APPROACHESJustin, who is arranging his… Chapter 3 WHAT IS IT ABOUT FART jokes, Bea?” Chapter 4 IN A BLOOD DRIVE BESIDE Trinity College’s rugby field, Justin… Part Two Present Day Chapter 5 I OPEN MY EYES SLOWLY Chapter 6 I WATCH THE THREE CHILDREN playing together on the floor… Chapter 7 GET A HAIRCUT! JUSTIN BLOWS the mop out of his… 1
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Chapter 8 AS THE TAXIGETS CLOSER to my home in Phisboro,… Chapter 9 I CAN’T FIND ANY FOOD in the apartment; we’re going… Chapter 10 A GRAND CHIME WELCOMES ME to my father’s humble home. Chapter 11 WHAT DO YOU THINK—WILL BETTY be a millionaire by the… Chapter 12 I’M ON VACATION, BRO, WHY are you dragging me to… Chapter 13 SO, DAD, WHAT ARE YOUR plans for the day? Are… Chapter 14 GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY, I’M OLAF theWhite, and welcome aboard… Chapter 15 MY EARS IMMEDIATELY SIZZLE AS soon as I enter the… Chapter 16 DRIVING BACK TO DAD’S, I try not to glance at… Chapter 17 AS I MAKE MY WAY downstairs the following morning, I… Chapter 18 FRAN’S OUTSIDE, DAD. WE HAVE to go!”
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Chapter 19 AFTER FIFTEEN MINUTES OF SITTING alone in the sparseinterrogation… Chapter 20 WELL, I MUST SAY, THAT was absolutely marvelous. Marvelous indeed.” Chapter 21 I HALF WALK, HALF RUN behind the girl with the… Chapter 22 ACTUALLY, THAT’S NOT A BAD idea.” Justin stops following the… Chapter 23 I SUCCEED IN HAILING A black cab, and I send… Chapter 24 DAD BREATHES HEAVILY BESIDE ME and links my arm tightly… Chapter 25 DURING THE STANDING OVATION, JUSTINspies Joyce’s father helping her… Chapter 26 BACK IN OUR HOTEL ROOM it’s lights-out for Dad, who… Chapter 27 OKAY, I’VE GATHERED US ALL here today because—” Chapter 28 JUSTIN POWER-WALKS THROUGH THE HALLS of the National Gallery, part…
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Chapter 29 JUSTIN LOOKS TO HIS BROTHER in panic and searches quickly… Chapter 30 I LIE INTHE TRASH bin, breathless, my heart beating… Chapter 31 AT SEVEN FIFTEEN THE NEXT morning, just before Justin leaves… Chapter 32 WHERE ON EARTH HAVE YOU been? What happened to you,… Chapter 33 JUSTIN WALKS THROUGH ARRIVALS AT Dublin Airport on Tuesday morning… Chapter 34 SO HOW DID IT GO?” Thomas the driver asks as… Chapter 35 WHAT’S THAT?” Chapter 36 HE WANTS TO MEET ME,” I tell Kate nervously as…Chapter 37 I’M ON MY WAY IN TO the city to meet… Chapter 38 WHAT THE HELL DID YOU do that for, Doris?” Justin… Chapter 39 I STEP OUT OF THE taxi at Stephen’s Green and…
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Chapter 40 I RUN DOWN THE HOSPITAL corridors, examining each door, trying… Chapter 41 JUSTIN FINISHES EXPLAINING THE STORY of his disastrous weekendto… Chapter 42 I LIE IN BED STARING at the ceiling. Dad is… Part Three One Month Later Chapter 43 NEXT TIME WE SHOULD TAKE the car, Gracie,” Dad says… Acknowledgments Sources About the Author Other Books by Cecelia Ahern Credits Cover Copyright About the Publisher
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l o se y our e y es a n d s ta r e into the dark. My father’s advice when Icouldn’t sleep as a little girl. He wouldn’t want me to do that now, but I’ve set my mind to the task regardless. I’m staring into that immeasurable blackness that stretches far beyond my closed eyelids. Though I lie still on the ground, I feel perched at the highest point I could possibly be; clutching at a star in the night sky with my legs dangling above cold black nothingness. I take one last...
Thanks for the Memories
Ahern
Cecelia
♥ ♥
Dedicated, with love, to my grandparents, Olive and Raphael Kelly and Julia and Con Ahern, thanks for the memories
Contents
Prologue CLOSE YOUR EYES AND STARE into the dark. Part One One Month Earlier Chapter 1 BLOOD TRANSFUSION,” DR. FIELDS ANNOUNCES from the podium of a… Chapter 2 PROFESSOR HITCHCOCK.” DR. FIELDS APPROACHESJustin, who is arranging his… Chapter 3 WHAT IS IT ABOUT FART jokes, Bea?” Chapter 4 IN A BLOOD DRIVE BESIDE Trinity College’s rugby field, Justin… Part Two Present Day Chapter 5 I OPEN MY EYES SLOWLY Chapter 6 I WATCH THE THREE CHILDREN playing together on the floor… Chapter 7 GET A HAIRCUT! JUSTIN BLOWS the mop out of his… 1
5
7
13
18
23
27
29
37
48
Chapter 8 AS THE TAXIGETS CLOSER to my home in Phisboro,… Chapter 9 I CAN’T FIND ANY FOOD in the apartment; we’re going… Chapter 10 A GRAND CHIME WELCOMES ME to my father’s humble home. Chapter 11 WHAT DO YOU THINK—WILL BETTY be a millionaire by the… Chapter 12 I’M ON VACATION, BRO, WHY are you dragging me to… Chapter 13 SO, DAD, WHAT ARE YOUR plans for the day? Are… Chapter 14 GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY, I’M OLAF theWhite, and welcome aboard… Chapter 15 MY EARS IMMEDIATELY SIZZLE AS soon as I enter the… Chapter 16 DRIVING BACK TO DAD’S, I try not to glance at… Chapter 17 AS I MAKE MY WAY downstairs the following morning, I… Chapter 18 FRAN’S OUTSIDE, DAD. WE HAVE to go!”
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104
115
134
145
150
159
Chapter 19 AFTER FIFTEEN MINUTES OF SITTING alone in the sparseinterrogation… Chapter 20 WELL, I MUST SAY, THAT was absolutely marvelous. Marvelous indeed.” Chapter 21 I HALF WALK, HALF RUN behind the girl with the… Chapter 22 ACTUALLY, THAT’S NOT A BAD idea.” Justin stops following the… Chapter 23 I SUCCEED IN HAILING A black cab, and I send… Chapter 24 DAD BREATHES HEAVILY BESIDE ME and links my arm tightly… Chapter 25 DURING THE STANDING OVATION, JUSTINspies Joyce’s father helping her… Chapter 26 BACK IN OUR HOTEL ROOM it’s lights-out for Dad, who… Chapter 27 OKAY, I’VE GATHERED US ALL here today because—” Chapter 28 JUSTIN POWER-WALKS THROUGH THE HALLS of the National Gallery, part…
170
179
192
199
209
219
231
239
245
255
Chapter 29 JUSTIN LOOKS TO HIS BROTHER in panic and searches quickly… Chapter 30 I LIE INTHE TRASH bin, breathless, my heart beating… Chapter 31 AT SEVEN FIFTEEN THE NEXT morning, just before Justin leaves… Chapter 32 WHERE ON EARTH HAVE YOU been? What happened to you,… Chapter 33 JUSTIN WALKS THROUGH ARRIVALS AT Dublin Airport on Tuesday morning… Chapter 34 SO HOW DID IT GO?” Thomas the driver asks as… Chapter 35 WHAT’S THAT?” Chapter 36 HE WANTS TO MEET ME,” I tell Kate nervously as…Chapter 37 I’M ON MY WAY IN TO the city to meet… Chapter 38 WHAT THE HELL DID YOU do that for, Doris?” Justin… Chapter 39 I STEP OUT OF THE taxi at Stephen’s Green and…
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273
280
287
295
309
317
325
330
338
342
Chapter 40 I RUN DOWN THE HOSPITAL corridors, examining each door, trying… Chapter 41 JUSTIN FINISHES EXPLAINING THE STORY of his disastrous weekendto… Chapter 42 I LIE IN BED STARING at the ceiling. Dad is… Part Three One Month Later Chapter 43 NEXT TIME WE SHOULD TAKE the car, Gracie,” Dad says… Acknowledgments Sources About the Author Other Books by Cecelia Ahern Credits Cover Copyright About the Publisher
351
353
358
363
365
Prol ogu e
l o se y our e y es a n d s ta r e into the dark. My father’s advice when Icouldn’t sleep as a little girl. He wouldn’t want me to do that now, but I’ve set my mind to the task regardless. I’m staring into that immeasurable blackness that stretches far beyond my closed eyelids. Though I lie still on the ground, I feel perched at the highest point I could possibly be; clutching at a star in the night sky with my legs dangling above cold black nothingness. I take one last...
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