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I’ll only use a couple of quotes. Just so it looks like I did formal research.

Oliver Menzies

Go on.

Oliver Menzies

I said ‘please’ a few messages back.

Amanda Bailey

I’ll redact anything pertinent to my angle – you can’t have my key quotes.

Oliver Menzies

What’s your new angle?

Amanda Bailey

Chill. It doesn’t clash with yours. Totally different.

Oliver Menzies

If you don’t tell me, I won’t reveal my mystery interviewee. You’re still itching to know.

Oliver Menzies

Ah, ghosting me! That means I win!

Amanda Bailey

WhatsApp messages between true crime author Minnie Davis and me, 26 July 2021:

Minnie Davis

Hello, gorgeous girl Just submitted final edit. In garden, feet up, mug of coffee. How you?

Amanda Bailey

Knee deep in angels, demons and social workers. Found the boy, closing in on the girl. Big disaster re the baby.

Minnie Davis

They’re DEAD?

Amanda Bailey

Could be. In fact, they might as well be. We’ll never know. Dark adoption. No way to trace it.

Minnie Davis

That’s a thing? Sorry, Mand.

Amanda Bailey

Looking on the bright side, it frees me up.

Minnie Davis

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