I Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay

Author:Linwood Barclay [Barclay, Linwood]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2024-05-07T00:00:00+00:00

Once I’d dropped Rachel off, I texted Bonnie to let her know I’d gone out and that Rachel was at the sitter’s, just in case she returned home before I did and wondered where we were.

I drove straight to Trent’s house. Parked out front, walked up to the door, and rang the bell. It was nearly dark. The curtain fell back an inch, and I saw a sliver of Melanie’s face.

“Hello, Richard,” she said, opening the door and admitting me.

“Melanie. Sorry for dropping by like this.”

“You looking for Trent?”

“I am.”

“He’s not here. Is there something I can help you with?”

I sighed. “Where is he?”

“Something at the school. What did you do to your head?”

“It’s nothing. Listen, I’ll catch up with him later.”

“I’ll tell him you came by.”

I exited the house, heard her close the door behind me, and got back into my car. And sat. Didn’t turn on the engine. Stewed.

Maybe it was just as well Trent hadn’t been home. I wasn’t able to ask him that favor. It would have been a big ask, and he probably would have said no. I wanted him to come with me to Billy Finster’s. I had this crazy idea Trent could stay out of sight while I got my blackmailer to admit that there was nothing to his allegations. That if he had been abused, I wasn’t his abuser. He’d as much as admitted that in our last encounter when he’d said maybe it was me, and maybe it wasn’t. Trent would be my witness.

It would have been wrong to put Trent in that position. It would have been too risky for him, personally and professionally.

I heard an incoming text. Probably Bonnie acknowledging my earlier message. I got out my phone and had a look.

Not Bonnie.

Don’t fuck with me. Gonna tell everybody. Just you wait. Pay up asshole.

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