Wish You Were Gone by Kieran Scott

Author:Kieran Scott
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2021-11-02T00:00:00+00:00

EMMA

“Hi, Zoe. It’s Emma Walsh.”

“Emma! Hi!” Zoe trilled. “I just got your email.”

“Oh, good. Let me know if you have any questions once you’ve had a chance to go over it.”

Emma had finally compiled a list of friends and acquaintances for Zoe to invite to James’s memorial. This had been accomplished through more stalking of his Facebook page, as she’d jotted down the various former Little League coaches and parents of Hunter’s friends who’d left condolences. It had, at least, justified her spending more time on there, but she’d yet to uncover any more women with the initials JM. She had discovered a few men with those initials, but she wasn’t even allowing her brain to go there.

“Great. Will do,” Zoe said.

There was an awkward pause and Emma knew it was her turn to speak—her turn to ask the question she’d called to ask. She closed her eyes and sat down at the kitchen island.

“Zoe, would you happen to know whether James had any important contacts with the initials JM?”

“I’m sorry?”

Emma could hear typing in the background. Clearly, Zoe was attempting to multitask. She thought about simply hanging up. Putting herself out of her misery before it really ramped up. Zoe might be a tad silly, but she wasn’t stupid. She was going to see right through this line of questioning. Emma had to ask herself how important this really was to her. Was it worth her pride? Worth not being able to look Zoe in the eye at James’s memorial?

Answer? Yes.

“The initials JM,” Emma repeated, pressing the pads of her fingers into the marble countertop. “Maybe he used it as shorthand on his schedule? It would have been someone he met up with regularly. For lunch or dinner or… drinks.”

Sex. Someone he met up with for sex.

“Ummmm… not that I know of,” Zoe said. She stopped typing. “I’d have to check his emails and his calendar. Is this important? Because I’m pretty busy just now. I could maybe take a look and call you back?”

Emma had the distinct feeling that Zoe was rambling—trying to buy herself time. She knew something. She had to know. The assistant always knew. But why bother protecting James at this point? Emma wanted to ask, but she felt a momentary pang of pity for Zoe. She didn’t need to be put in the middle of her former boss’s marital drama.

“That would be great,” Emma said. “Just let me know when you have a chance.”

It wasn’t until she hung up that she thought it odd that Zoe didn’t ask why she was asking. Yes. She definitely knew something. At this very moment, Zoe could be calling JM and warning her that the wife was suspicious. Shit. That call had been a complete tactical error. She shouldn’t have needed Zoe to check his calendar because she should have been able to check it herself. But she still had no idea where his computer was. That was what she should have asked Zoe about—whether his laptop was still on his desk at the office.

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