Summary

Chapter 34 is Sunday, 28 July. Alix is home by herself and full of dread. The transcript from the podcast is from Pat talking to Alix about Josie being “a dark child” (307). Pat discusses Josie pushing Pat away and how Pat was dating Walter when Walter and Josie met. Pat does not believe Walter groomed Josie, instead that Josie “saw him, she wanted him, she got him. She didn’t care who she hurt” (309). That night Alix checks in with Roxy about Erin. Alix and Roxy discuss why Alix decided to make the podcast about Josie and Alix reveals that Alix “was bored and I was having problems with my husband, I was filled with anger and resentment, with this low-level rage, and your mum came along with her stories that make my problems pale in comparison and I think it just stopped me focusing...