Conviction

by Denise Mina

I had the sudden feeling of being in an anecdote told by the girls in the future. He made us choose between them and we were very young, it was awful. And Mum, remember Mum? Mum just sat there while Dad made us choose and she just did nothing. And poor Mum, d’you remember Mum? I wasn’t going to be that Mum. I mean, I can do passive as a party trick but I will not raise girls to it.

The screen blacked out. The narrator, Trina, delivered a trigger warning: basically, don’t watch this. Don’t watch if you’re too young or old or nervous or squeamish. Does anyone ever think those warnings are addressed to them?

Yes

Fin didn’t answer me but there was a lot going on in the road, I hadn’t driven for a really long time, so I didn’t notice.

Emergency Sentence Rescue! Fin didn’t answer me, but I hadn't driven for a really long time and there was a lot going on in the road so I didn’t notice.

‘Beis believers’ argue that the diver was hypnotised by the ghost when he approached the ship, was tricked into entering the cabin and fed the beis demon with his fear and his death.

This was spelled "bies" in the last chapter