The Forest: Part Two: The Forest, #2

By Lou Yardley

The second part of "The Forest" (previously only available through Lou Yardley's mailing list). 

After much deliberation, Oliver decides to face his fears and return to the forest. He has made a vow to find his sister and nothing will stop him now...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lou Yardley
• Release date: Sep 17, 2018
• ISBN: 9798201799076

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THE FOREST:

PART TWO

LOU YARDLEY

Published by

Lou Yardley

www.louyardley.com

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Content copyright © 2018 Lou Yardley

Cover layout © 2018 Lou Yardley

Forest image by Denis Belitsky, Shutterstock

Skull image by Wilqkuku, Shutterstock

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted at any time or by any means mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior, written permission of the publisher.

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The right of Lou Yardley to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents act 1988.

First published September 2018

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Copyright © 2018 Lou Yardley

All rights reserved.

DEDICATION

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To Max,

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-  The best nephew ever!

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Welcome to the world, little man! May happiness find you always

xxx

CONTENTS

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

HORROR BITES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

BOOKS BY LOU YARDLEY

REVIEWS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Mark – Thank you for being my swearologist and thanks for your unending support.

Thank you to Ange Shepherd for spotting deliberate mistakes and for pushing me to make this story even better!

EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS

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Extra special thanks have to go out to my patrons! You are all awesome!

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Paul Metzger-Phillips

Ange Shepherd

Patrick Stephens

Krista Walsh

Drae Box

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CHAPTER ONE

Five years was a long time, and there were days when Oliver had thought that he’d felt every single second of it. And, much of it had been absolute torture. A lot can happen in half a decade. Divorce. New home. New school. Puberty. Becoming a teenager. New friends. If he was honest, the last one hadn’t really happened. Not properly. Most kids thought Oliver was weird and Oliver didn’t like to get close to anyone, so he ended up on his own a lot. There were a couple of kids that appeared to tolerate him, but they were oddballs too. Although he doubted that any of their family members had been kidnapped by a mythical forest that existed underneath an actual forest. But, hey, Oliver was sure that they had their own shit to be dealing with.

The police investigation into Georgia’s disappearance had turned up nothing. There were no clues and, for many months, no leads. Long and brutal, the finger had been pointed at each of his parents at some point. Obviously, each one had denied any involvement, but that kind of thing seems to stick. It hung around like a bad smell, lingering on their clothes and in their hair, never washing away or wearing off. Draining the colour from their faces, it aged them ten years in no more than a couple of months. Not only did they have to deal with losing a child, but now they were being blamed for it too.

No-one had believed