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I behaved in an arrogant and disgusting way, and that’s something I’ll have to live with, just like I’ll have to live with losing my career, and I deserve that. I know we can’t be together any more, but I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me just a little, or try to understand. I’ve told all of this to Internal Affairs. I’m in the process now. They’ve suspended me and I’m under investigation. I’m not allowed to communicate with you so please delete this after you’ve read it. Know this though, Jim. I love you. Our times together were amazing and I’ll miss you always. So thank you. Emma x When I finished reading I hit ‘delete’. But then I went into my trash folder and moved the email back into my inbox. In one of my kitchen cupboards I found a bottle of whisky, a gift from my parents when I moved in, so far untouched. Normally, I’m not much of a drinker, but that night I opened it. I didn’t bother with mixers. I drank a large quantity of it, much more quickly than I should have done. It was enough to make the room tilt before I passed out.
DAY 9 MONDAY, 29 OCTOBER 2012 …children have difficulty determining who will harm them and who will not. For this reason, the onus is on parents to screen those persons supervising and caring for their child, and to educate their children on how to stay and play safe. Dalley, Marlene L and Ruscoe, Jenna, ‘The Abduction of Children by Strangers in Canada: Nature and Scope’, National Missing Children’s Services, National Police Service, Canadian Mounted Police, December 2003 Hope is essential to your survival. ‘When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide’, Missing Kids USA Parental Guide, US Department of Justice, OJJDP Report
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DAY 9<br />
MONDAY, 29 OCTOBER 2012<br />
…children have difficulty determining who will harm them and who will not. For this<br />
reason, the onus is on parents to screen those persons supervising and caring for their<br />
child, and to educate their children on how to stay and play safe.<br />
Dalley, Marlene L and Ruscoe, Jenna, ‘The Abduction of Children by Strangers in<br />
Canada: Nature and Scope’, National Missing Children’s Services, National Police<br />
Service, Canadian Mounted Police, December 2003<br />
Hope is essential to your survival.<br />
‘When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide’, Missing Kids USA Parental<br />
Guide, US Department of Justice, OJJDP Report
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