Famous Last Words By Gillian Mcallister

On June 21st, the longest day of the year. You’re home, alone, your baby is in nursery. Life finally feels calm again. And then you hear the breaking news alert – there’s a siege taking place just down the road, and it’s being live-streamed. Three hostages sit in three chairs, bags over their heads. Their shoulders are moving up and down, almost imperceptibly. Living, breathing, frightened people. And then you see the person who has taken them, who’s standing in front of them, on camera, with a gun. It’s your husband. Nobody knows it but you. What do you do?