The Therapist by B. A. Paris

Author:B. A. Paris
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

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I wake late, luxuriating in the aura of peace cocooning my body. I search the reason for this unexpected feeling of wellbeing and remember how I sensed Nina’s presence in the night. I have no trouble believing her spirit was there, that—like my sister was—she’s trapped between this life and the next, waiting for justice to be done. I throw back the covers, driven by new purpose. I’m not going anywhere, I have a promise to fulfill.

My cell phone beeps, a message from Leo.

You didn’t tell me if I should come home tonight. My heart sinks. I take a moment, then text him back I’m sorry, I need more time. I wait anxiously for his reply, feeling guilty that I don’t want him here. It comes—It’s fine, I understand. I’m here if you need me xx. Tears fill my eyes. We were good together, me and Leo.

I find myself thinking about Thomas. I’ve already worked out that he must be around forty-four years old and I’m still wondering about his relationship with Helen. I’ve noticed a tenderness in his eyes whenever he mentions her name and I can’t imagine what it must be like—whether she’s a friend or something more—to know that time is running out for her. Leo thinks it’s only because my sister was called Nina that I’ve taken Nina Maxwell’s murder to heart, but he’s wrong. If my husband or brother was wrongly accused of murder, I’d want the truth to come out. And from the relatively little time I’ve spent in The Circle, I’m convinced there’s a truth to be found.

I call Thomas.

“I heard something,” I say.

“Oh?”

He listens while I repeat what Leo told me about Nina helping out people in The Circle, including the husbands of her close friends.

“Thank you for being so open with me,” he says when I get to the end.

“The only reason I’m telling you is because something strange happened. When I was leaving Lorna’s house the other day, after I’d asked her about Nina, I could have sworn she whispered ‘Don’t trust anyone’ in my ear.”

“She’s probably right. The more I look into Nina’s murder, the more secrets I think there are.”

“Yes, but that’s not the point. She told me her husband wasn’t there, so I thought it was strange that she felt the need to whisper. Then, not long afterward, when I got home, I saw him coming out of the garage. So I think she might have lied. Although he could have been in the garden, because he had his gardening shoes on.”

“How did Lorna seem when you spoke to her?”

“Not frightened exactly, but definitely uneasy. Maybe she was worried that Edward—if he was there—might not be happy that she was talking to me. Unless there was someone else there, someone who didn’t like Lorna speaking to me.” I pause. “I’m sorry, I need to go.”

“Is everything all right?”

But I’ve already hung up, my heart plummeting at what I’ve just realized. Tamsin had turned up on

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