Sentencing Sapphire by Mia Thompson

Author:Mia Thompson [Thompson, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626814547
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2015-09-07T16:00:00+00:00

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“Por qué?”

“Because it was better to just hang up.” Sapphire bounced Julia’s daughter, Elsa, on her lap. She cooed at the child.

“Por qué?”

Sapphire sighed at Julia. “Because I didn’t want them to trace my call.”

“Por qué?”

“Because I couldn’t go home!” She handed Elsa to Antonio and got up. “Obviously, I should’ve never returned.”

“Por qué?”

“Because… gaah, quit por-que-ing me!” Sapphire paced Julia’s kitchen. “I told you, I’m not who they say I am. I’m not tracking serial killers, and I only killed Richard Martin in self-defense. You have to believe me, Julia!”

“Of course, Sapphire!” Julia held her hand out. “If you tell me this is so, I believe you. I never think you could do somesing so…” she shook her head. “Es okay.”

Nice lie, Sapphire’s thought hissed. You know who make good liars?

Her body went rigid. She knew the answer: Sociopaths, serial killers. But the truth would crush Julia.

“Here, Sapphire.” Antonio handed her a stack of papers. “I went to put away your purse, and they fell out.”

“Oh, thanks.” Sapphire snagged the papers she’d stolen from Aston quickly, hoping Antonio hadn’t read them.

We’ve already met. The words came back to her as she stared down at Aston’s Copycat notes. He’d circled a sentence. A victim of torture looking for revenge. A woman who has been through something so traumatic, she has to kill men similar to the one who captured her.

Sapphire looked up as the image of the girl came to her. She wanted to be wrong. Who did she know who’d been captured and tortured? Shelly McCormick.

“No.” But it had to be. Shelly had been in Beverly Hills the day Sapphire got the recording and the Copycat had spoken about being held and tormented. This is what Shelly did to cope.

“Qué pasa, Sapphire?”

Sapphire sat still, feeling the old guilt invade her body. She did this; she caused Shelly, a happy college girl to become this psychopath.

Julia hunched down and took her hand. “Please, tell me so I can help.”

Sapphire stared at Julia. She could never tell her the whole truth, but to open her mouth would be a relief. “I hurt someone unintentionally. And now, they’re this whole different person, someone bad, because of my actions.”

“Oh.” Julia stood and grabbed Elsa. “Es jos like with Michelle Evans when you were little.”

“No, not like Michelle Evans.” Sapphire looked up at Julia—bless her heart—who had no idea she was talking about a killer.

“Si. Es jos like Michelle Evans,” Julia insisted. “She didn’t get invited to your birthday party, and then she go crazy, calling you names, stealing your snack pack. And you need to do what I tell you then. Take the bruja down. You did, and she never bother you again.”

The faintest image of Michelle Evans’s face covered in tapioca popped into Sapphire’s mind. “I don’t think throwing a snack pack will cover it this time.”

“Si.” Julia winked proudly. “Jos like Michelle Evans.”

When Julia pulled her boob out to feed Elsa, and started singing one of Sapphire’s personal childhood classics—Gary had a little limb—it was time to leave for court.

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