Her Dark Lies by Ellison J. T

Author:Ellison, J. T. [Ellison, J. T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Adult, Contemporary, Crime
ISBN: 9780778388302
Amazon: 0778388301
Goodreads: 49374479
Publisher: Mira
Published: 2021-03-09T08:00:00+00:00

36

Do You Remember When?

After Karmen leaves, I get myself together and dressed for the brunch. I wonder if this is how I’m going to live my life going forward, acting as if everything is normal while inside my very being screams in agony.

I’m supposed to be happy right now, damn it. This is the weekend of my dreams. I’m marrying the man I love on a gorgeous Italian island, and instead, my past is haunting me and my present has gone insane.

Who the hell is the woman who came to my studio?

I shot Shane.

The hydrofoil ferry horn echoes into my room, and I can hear the dogs barking. God, I hope Harper and my parents are on the boat. I wonder if Ana was able to get in touch with Harper about bringing me a new dress?

“Claire? You in there?”

Sanity, in the form of an extremely excited and tattooed bridesmaid. Katie doesn’t notice anything is wrong, not yet. She stares over my shoulder at the terrace doors, then shakes her head with a grin.

“This place is bonkers. Thank God the generators kicked in, I’d have never found you otherwise. What are you doing sitting here in the dark? Let’s go outside.”

It’s not quite as dark as she claims, but it is gloomy. I hadn’t bothered to turn on any lights when Karmen came to talk.

Katie grabs my hand and pulls me across the bridal suite to the French doors that lead out onto the sizable terrace. The pergola shields us from the rain, though I can feel the mist curling around my body.

“Have you ever seen anything like this? Even in the rain it’s so gorgeous. You’re going to have a whole new series of paintings after spending any time here. Your Italian period.” She affects a terrible accent and spins around, making me giggle.

“We’ll see about that.”

“I passed out when I got here. I feel like I slept for a week. I’m raring to go. Did I miss anything?”

I don’t often lie to Katie, because she can see right through me. The ferry horn shrieks again, and I take the opportunity to change the subject.

“Hopefully my parents and Harper are on the ferry. I think this is the last run. The storms are going to get worse later.”

“Joy. Harper Hunts Life is coming to document every moment of our existence...”

“Come on. Instagram has been good to her. She’s making oodles of money. She has over a million followers now. A real reputation.”

“I know, I know. At what cost, though? She’s living it as out loud as you can. It’s not like she’s doing it for the art. She’s not the artist you are, Claire.”

My heart swells a bit, and that nasty little voice that lives inside me says—see, even Katie says you’re better than Harper—but I shove her away and demur.

“That’s very sweet, but she’s good, great even, and you know it.”

The daggers she shoots at Harper are nothing new. Katie is horribly jealous of my little sister’s following, not that I can’t sympathize.

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