Till Death Do Us Part by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

Author:Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2024-08-13T00:00:00+00:00

Fifteen June

Mill Valley, California

September 2022

I CALL KYLE AS SOON as I’m back in the rental car, FaceTiming him with shaking hands. He picks up on the first ring, his face contorted with worry.

“June, what the hell? Phoebe called me and told me you’re in Napa. What’s going on?”

I feel the sting of the betrayal, even though I know it wasn’t fair to put Phoebe in that position.

“She said you’re seeing Josh again. June, he died. He’s dead. You need to accept that. What are you doing there? What’s going on with you?”

Kyle’s voice brims with panic. Kyle, who manages stress better than anyone I’ve ever met. Hearing him unsettled and knowing it’s my doing floods me with shame.

“I’ll explain everything,” I say. “I should have just been honest, but I didn’t want you to think that me coming here had anything to do with me not wanting to marry you, because it doesn’t.”

“Why would I think that?” he says, pinching the bridge of his nose, his glasses riding up. “I’ve always been—I’ve always understood what you were dealing with after what happened with Josh. But I thought you trusted me enough to let me know what you’re going through.”

I trusted him before, and I need to trust him now. I suck in a breath before launching in, telling him the entire story, starting on the day Phoebe took our engagement photos. When I get to the part about Josh’s twin, he cuts in, his eyes narrowing in confusion.

“Wait, a twin brother?”

“I know it’s crazy. But that’s what his mother told me. After Josh died, I thought I was seeing him everywhere, as you know. It turns out, I was right. Kind of.” I squeeze my eyes shut. I feel like I’m viewing the world from underneath a heavy blanket. “He kept so much from me.”

Kyle’s shoulders rise. “How is it possible he had a twin brother you didn’t know about? I don’t get it.”

“He never wanted me to know Andrew—that’s his brother’s name. Josh’s mom told me they were estranged. And she mentioned an accident but wouldn’t say anything else. It sounds like Andrew was at boarding school, but Josh wasn’t… I think Andrew must have done something terrible for Josh to keep him from me.”

“Well, have you seen Andrew? Has he seen you?”

“No, he isn’t here, but I went to the winery and met his wife. I asked her where he was, and she told me he was away on business. But I think Andrew was following me in Brooklyn. I found a printout in his home office about my bar.”

Kyle rubs his chin with his hand. There’s stubble on his face, and he looks exhausted. “You went inside their house, June? With who?”

“I just… went in.”

“You were snooping around in someone else’s house?”

He looks at me like he doesn’t know me. He’s right: I’ve gone too far. Again. And all because I still just can’t accept the truth—that my husband simply drowned in the ocean. And on top

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