Bonus Content
Never Knowing
SESSION ONE
I thought I could handle it, Nadine. After all those years of seeing you, all those times I talked about whether I should look for my birth mother, I finally did it. I took that step. You were a part of it—I wanted to show you what an impact you had on my life, how much I’ve grown, how stable I am now, how balanced. That’s what you always told me, “Balance is the key.” But I forgot the other thing you used to say: “Slowly, Sara.”
I’ve missed this, being here. Remember how uncomfortable I was when I first started seeing you? Especially when I told you why I needed help. But you were down to earth and funny—not at all how I imagined a psychiatrist would be. This office was so bright and pretty that no matter what I was worried about as soon as I walked in here I felt better. Some days, especially in the beginning, I didn’t want to leave.
You told me once that when you didn’t hear from me you knew things were going well, that when I stopped coming altogether you’d know you did your job. And you did. The last couple of years have been the happiest of my life. That’s why I thought it was the right time. I thought I could withstand anything that came my way. I was solid, grounded. Nothing could send me back to the nervous wreck I was when I first met you.
Then she lied to me— my birth mother—when I finally forced her to talk to me. She lied about my real father. It felt like when Ally used to kick my ribs when I was pregnant with her—a sudden blow from the inside that left me breathless. But it was my birth mother’s fear that got me the most. She was afraid of me. I’m sure of it. What I don’t know is why.
It started about six weeks ago, around the end of December, with an online article. I was up stupidly early this one Sunday—no need for a rooster when you have a six-year old—and while I inhaled my first coffee I answered emails. I get requests to restore furniture from all over the island now. That morning I was trying to research a desk from the 1920s, when I wasn’t laughing at Ally. She was supposed to be watching cartoons downstairs, but I could hear her scolding Moose, our brindle-colored French bulldog, for molesting her stuffed rabbit. Suffice it to say, Moose has a weaning issue. No tail’s safe.
Then somehow or another I got this pop-up advertising Viagra, which I finally got closed, only to accidentally click on this other link and find myself staring at a headline.
From NEVER KNOWING by Chevy Stevens, copyright © 2011 by the author, and reprinted by permission of St. Martin’s Press, LLC.
Never Knowing
Author Chevy Stevens made her debut with the buzz-generating thriller, Still Missing. Never Knowing is her next breathtaking hit.
Owner of a successful business and engaged to a great guy who adores her daughter, Sara Gallagher feels she is at last ready to locate her birth parents. But her “real” mother is cold, abruptly dismissing Sara as a “mistake.” Through a P.I., Sara learns a far more devastating truth: the father she seeks is the notorious, still-at-large Campsite Killer, a man who has terrorized women for decades… and her mother was his only survivor.
When the monster emerges from the shadows, Sara realizes—too late—that the only thing worse than finding out about her father… is him finding out about her.
Hardcover : 416 pages
Publisher: St. Martins Press, LLC ( July 05, 2011 )
Item #: 13-379476
ISBN: 9780312595685
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 x 0.94inches
Product Weight: 15.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
April 02, 2012
Reviewer: kelly6314
Great book!
January 09, 2012
This book was better than Still Missing in my opinion. I really liked Still Missing, but I thought Never Knowing was more suspenseful, especially near the end. Both are very good reads.
Reviewer: Jason
Waste of time
September 19, 2011
Having read her first book(that was a real page turner) this book was a big disappointment. It was so predictable and the chapters were very repetitious! Stayed with it until the end. I expected a surprise ending which never came.
Reviewer: spitch
Disappointed
September 12, 2011
After having read her first novel and loved it, I could hardly wait for this one. I must say in comparison this one was a disappointment. I found it slow and repetitive and almost boring. I hope her next one is better.
Reviewer: Eva C
Page Turner!
September 03, 2011
LOVE this book!! Chevy, you did another fabulous job!!
Reviewer: Angie
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