Sunset Dreams by Jill Sanders

Author:Jill Sanders
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781945100048
Publisher: Grayton Press

At first, Reagan didn’t think Clara would say anything. But then she surprised him by turning towards him.

“I told you that she died,” she started slowly.

“Yes,” he agreed when she didn’t continue. He picked up her hands and started rubbing them. They were ice cold and when he looked into her eyes, he could tell she was struggling to find the right words. “Just say it,” he said softly. “I can see you’re struggling.”

Her eyes met his and she took a deep breath. “I… they found me next to her body. The murder weapon, an award my father had gotten the previous year, had my bloodied fingerprints all over it.” He waited, already knowing all of the information. Still, seeing her describe the details allowed him to get an insider look that none of the reports or interviews could have. “I… was unconscious when my stepmother came in to my father’s office. I… must have passed out. But her blood was everywhere.” She looked down at her hands now as if she could still see the blood on them.

“You could have been knocked unconscious,” he suggested, even though he’d read the medical examiner’s report that she had no visible wounds, a detail that would eventually free her from police custody, since Gina had obviously scratched her assailant.

“No.” She shook her head. “I was fine. Nothing was wrong with me.” She closed her eyes and he felt her shiver. “I can’t remember most of that day, up until I woke next to her.”

He frowned. That little detail wasn’t in any reports. “Did you tell the police that?” he asked.

Her eyes opened and focused on him. “N-no.” She shrugged. “It wouldn’t have done any good.”

“Did they do a blood test on you?” he asked, knowing already there hadn’t been one in her police file. “To see if there was anything in your system. Something that would explain the memory loss?”

“No.” She sighed. “They kept me in questioning so long.” She rested on the counter.

“Clara.” He waited until her attention was on him fully. “There are a lot of things that can interfere with memories.”

“I didn’t take anything,” she said in defense.

“No,” he agreed. “But something could have been slipped into your drink. It was a party, right?”

“Yes,” she agreed and tilted her head, “but nothing can wipe memories beforehand. Someone would have had to slip me something in my breakfast, since I don’t remember anything that day until I woke up on the floor.”

“Lots of them can.” He moved over to retrieve his laptop. Moving his full plate aside, he started searching for them.

While they ate, he ran through a list of the top ten over-the-counter drugs that could cause memory loss.

“I never knew there were so many pills that could do something like that,” she admitted.

“And those are just the over-the-counter ones. If we search prescriptions…” He did and they both groaned. “Yeah,” he agreed and shut his laptop down. “But without a blood test right after, nothing can be proven.”

“Who

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