Quinn, Cate - Black Widows by Quinn Cate

Author:Quinn, Cate [Quinn, Cate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2020-10-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifty-Three

Tina, Sister-Wife

I’m sitting staring at Rachel in disbelief. “You don’t really think that Emily did it?” I ask her, openmouthed.

“Well,” says Rachel evenly in this maddeningly practical voice. “How can you be sure she didn’t?” There’s just a hint of accusation there, but I let it ride.

“Well, first of all, Emily is about the size and weight of your average june bug,” I tell her. “Second, we know her. Yeah, she’s a big old liar. But she wouldn’t kill someone. She doesn’t have it in her. Emily just wants a little attention is all.”

As I’m sayin’ it, though, it occurs to me that Officer Brewer is no dummy. I don’t figure she’d have arrested Emily unless there was something to go on. Gettin’ bawled out for wastin’ resources isn’t her style.

So what if… My mind is ticking like a goddamn clock now. What if Emily knows…somethin’. Like she saw somethin’. Covered it up. Now that I could believe. Only question is, would she have covered for Rachel? Comes down to who she hated worse, I guess. Her wife or her husband.

Rachel’s shaking her head like she’s tryin’ to dislodge somethin’.

“You act like you’re this great judge of people,” she says. “No one knows anyone else for certain. That’s between them and God.”

“You got major trust issues, you know that?”

“Oh really?” she hits back. “Coming from someone who won’t rely on anyone for anything? Got to do it all by yourself, don’t you? Did it ever occur to you to ask me for help managing Blake? Or am I too darn provincial to offer advice on a man I’ve been married to a little over six years?”

I don’t have an answer to that. I’m actually a little shocked.

“Just let’s say you’re right, and Emily is innocent,” says Rachel, changing the subject. “Then what exactly do you propose happened out at the ranch?”

There’s an uncomfortable pause. For a long moment, we just stare at each other. Rachel looks away first.

“We know Blake met with a blond woman just before he died,” I say. “That was real out of character for him, right?”

Pain flashes across her features. “You can’t really believe there is some fourth wife out there?” she asks. “A killer?”

“Love and money, isn’t it? The two reasons people kill. Didn’t ya ever watch Law & Order?”

“That show has a lot of bad language.”

“Sure. Okay. Point is, maybe Blake got interested in someone. She was a little crazy, like, I dunno, Fatal Attraction or somethin’. It’s a movie,” I add.

“That all sounds a little far-fetched to me,” says Rachel sensibly. “Besides, no one knew about that ranch but us. It’s not like Blake coulda gotten someone out there in secret.” She sighs. “I think you need to deal with your grief,” she says. “I think you’re hoping to distract yourself with this whole”—she waves her hands—“cops and robbers. You’re hurting. You need to process it.”

This was always the part of Rachel that made me mad as hell. She’s so wantin’ to be the good girl, obey the rules.

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