Secret Remains by Jennifer Graeser Dornbush

Author:Jennifer Graeser Dornbush
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CROOKED LANE BOOKS

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Emily knocked on Nick’s front door. Paul answered, and Emily met him with a stern look.

When she saw his face, all she could think of was that if Paul was guilty of collusion in Sandi’s disappearance, then Nick was harboring a criminal. But at best, Nick was taking sides—pinning her and Jo against him and Paul.

“Nick’s at work,” said Paul, who looked like he hadn’t slept all night.

“I’m not here for Nick.” Emily brushed past him and inside the house. Paul closed the door and joined her in the kitchen, a bright windowed room that overlooked the lake. The sun was peeking in and out of billowy clouds reflected on the calm lake waters. Peaceful. Serene. Nothing like the storm brewing in Emily. Or Jo.

“Jo already filled me in on a lot of details, so we’re gonna short-cut this conversation,” Emily started, turning to face Paul, whose brow crinkled in a forlorn look.

“You saw Jo this morning? How is she? Is she okay?” he said. “Can you please tell Jo that I’m sorry and I want to talk to her?”

Emily glared at him. Not a chance.

“Who are the members of the pack, and where can I find them?”

“How bad does she hate me?” pleaded Paul.

“Who are they?”

“Nick’s dealing with it.”

“What can you tell me about the sex video?” Emily wasn’t about to back down, and she held no empathy for Jo’s husband right now. She bored a look right through him until he slumped into a chair at the kitchen table.

“I’m not proud of what I did, Emily. I’m mortified. I just didn’t think it was a big deal back then, and …”

“And you never thought it would come back to haunt you,” Emily finished.

“I wasn’t even with Jo at the time.”

“That’s not the point. You stood by and did nothing when a young girl was being sexually exploited. You can work out your marital issues later; right now you need to be concerned about how this looks in light of Sandi’s disappearance and death.”

“I didn’t kill her,” blurted Paul.

Emily strutted to the window. “But you didn’t exactly do anything to help her, either. You were part of this, Paul.”

“Sandi and James were a thing, so I thought she was in on it. I actually thought she was getting paid for it.”

“Clarify. Paid for what, exactly?”

“Sex with other guys.”

“Are you saying James was her pimp?”

“Anyone with a brain can put two and two together. How else did she get the new phone? Or the designer handbags?”

“Was anyone else from the pack sleeping with her?”

“I don’t know.”

“Were you?”

“No.” He answered quickly and defensively. Emily drew her eyes sharply at him and held his gaze to see if he would break it.

“No,” he said again. “I was not sleeping with Sandi.”

“Do you know who killed Sandi?”

“No, Em. Of course not!” he groaned. Emily drew in a long breath. Ross could have fooled Sandi into thinking he cared for her. He could have colluded with James to make the videos with Sandi and sell them.

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