im, Jocelyn. I

ital gown hanging off her like a sheet, but her grip was iron. Her eyes, wide and fr

bout, Stella? Get back

ntly, but she held on,

ce raw. "I saw it. I saw everything. If you

een us, one she built brick by brick with resentment over her "lesser" status. For her to s

ey. He's a good man. He helped our fami

cole Fuller will show up. She'll be bruised and crying, and she'll say you hired men

iend. The sweet, fragile girl he always felt the need to protect. I didn't

use his power to have you locked away in a private psychiatric hospital, a place where the

etailed nature of her warning, the sheer conviction in

e thing to say. M

with her. He's with Nicole at the scenic lookout on Ridge Road. The place you two ca

A quiet, secluded spot where

in a meeting w

y giving out as she sagged against me. "Go there

it was there. I told the seamstress I had a family emergency and

self this was crazy, that Stella was just sick and ha

ut. And there it was. Ma

alked to his car and looked inside. It was empty. A wave of r

d. Matthew got out, a su

y, what are yo

ic smile on his face. "I was just... I wanted one last look

me tight. "I love you so much.

buried my face in his coat, I smelled it. A faint, swee

s Nic

or any sign of a lie. I found nothing but the ear

ed, a cold knot in t