Secrets & Photographs by A. K. Ramirez

Author:A. K. Ramirez
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 4 Horsemen Publications, Inc.
Published: 2023-01-06T18:52:27+00:00

Chapter 13

She spent most of the night tossing and turning, unable to sleep. Around 8 a.m. the next morning, she glanced at her phone, remembering she had put it on do not disturb. Taking that setting off, she watched as she got a couple of text messages and a voicemail. Scrolling through her texts first, she raised an eyebrow. The first one was from Madilyn, Marissa’s other sister. She hadn’t heard from Madi since she moved back to Port Townsend. The middle Ambrose sister lived abroad in London, where she had been for the past six or so years.

[Madi: Rissa, I don’t know what you did, but Mel is losing her fucking shit. I hope everything is okay, and if you need to talk, I’m here.]

Marissa and Madi weren’t necessarily close, but Melanie and Madilyn were not close. They hadn’t been close since middle school. So, to get a message from Madi that she had heard from Mel meant Mel was really upset.

“Fuuuuuck,” she said out loud. But rather than responding, she scrolled through the rest of her messages. Three from her mom, probably casually trying to pry rather than come right out and ask.

[Mom: Hey honey, just wanted to see if you were doing okay. Call me soon.]

The generic mom texts.

[Mom: Hey Marissa. Melanie dropped the girls off this morning and was really upset. She wouldn’t tell me why, just that you two got into a fight. Is everything okay?]

She could hear this one in her mind in her mother’s voice. Concerned but also very firm. No one was allowed to upset the golden child.

The newest text was from this morning.

[Mom: Hey baby, I was just wondering how you’ve been. Please give me a call.]

She also had a text from Jack.

[Jack: Hey beautiful, it was great spending time with you. Hope we can do it again soon.]

Closing her texts, she opened her voicemail and put the phone to her ear without bothering to sit up.

“Hey Marissa, it is Cooper from the SPD.” He mumbled something that wasn’t quite audible before continuing. “If you could call me back, I have some news that might interest you.”

Marissa didn’t bother listening to the rest before she hung up and dialed his number. Thankfully, he picked up, rather than making her go through Laura.

“This is Lieutenant Cooper. How can I help you?”

“Hi, Lieutenant. It’s Marissa Ambrose—”

“Oh, Marissa. Thank you for calling me back,” he said in a gruff tone. “How are you?”

“You said there was news?” She was not in the mood for small talk.

“Yes, yes. As you know, there had been an arrest made in Ohio. Well, he has been extradited back here, and the FBI would like you to come in as a formality and go over some things.”

“The FBI?”

“Yes. I’m not permitted to say much more on the matter, but if you think you could plan to come down for a day—”

“Of course. I can be there in a couple of hours.”

When Marissa hung up, she all but jumped out of bed, searching for clean clothes.

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