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Candice had dark circles under her eyes as she clutched her cup of coffee like a lifeline. But she wasn’t drinking out of the cup, only holding it as if it were her sole source of heat. I had found her holed up in the office at Abberly’s.
Knox called ridiculously early asking i
Sutton“I really appreciate you coming out here, Brian. It means a lot to Mark and me.”I could see the flush rise on Brian’s cheeks as I grabbed a box of cereal and plopped down beside him at the new kitchen table. Mark came in after me and kissed the top of my head.
Mark“Baby, wake up!” I brushed the hair back from Sutton’s face. “I need to head to the airport.”She moaned and turned in my arms. I had already gotten up and showered, but I still needed to put my clothes on. Sutton looked so warm and cozy in our bed that I couldn
SuttonMy fingers shook as I tried to dial Mark’s number. I couldn’t focus, couldn’t even fathom the news that Knox just gave us.“Sutton, are you there?”
Sutton“You shot the Gray Lady?” I gasped, not sure why I was so horrified. I mean, she was dead.Brian shook his head. “No, it was an officer. I reacted the moment I caught his uniform. It took me a moment to realize that it was sadly out of date—something from another century.”
Mark“Absolutely not!” I felt outrage laced with fear creep up the back of my neck. “I refuse to let Sutton be bait for a madman.”We were sitting in a conference room down at the police station. There was Candice on the other side of Sutton, Maggie, Brian, Natalie, Knox, and then myself.
SuttonMark ran a finger down the arch of my foot and I flinched, trying not to giggle, but as they say, resistance is futile. He knew how ticklish I was and was taking advantage. Seeing as how he had tied each ankle to opposite bedposts, I was helpless to do anything about his wandering hands.With a raised brow he went into the closet for a moment and came back with a bottle of something and a large pink vibrator.
SuttonAlice and Reena sat in the front pew while Mark and I opted to sit in the one behind them. Father Montgomery, for once in his life, hadn’t said anything nasty to me. I wondered how much of that was because I had Mark on one side and Brian on the other.Candice sat next to Brian and I noticed that they had developed a bit of a friendship. It seemed purely platonic, but Knox didn’t know that. The glare that h
SuttonBring $3 million dollars and the files that Judith Coswell stole from her husband to the Wickshire Cemetery at midnight Saturday if you want to see Margaret again.The words stared me in the face as I re-read a copy of the ransom note over and over again.
CHAPTER 89Sutton“She hit him in the lung,” the pretty new deputy named Katie told me. “He didn’t even make it to the hospital. But we did get Margaret’s statement. She confessed to everything, including Forrest’s involvement.
CHAPTER 88SuttonThere are defining moments in each of our lives. Moments that you know no matter what happens afterward, that you will always remember. The smell of Knox’s cop car. The shiny floors of the police station. The sounds of a typewriter somewhe
CHAPTER 87Sutton“I had just turned up the radio and started to sing along,” Candice said in a gruff voice. Her body was bandaged and bruised, and she was awaiting x-rays to see what was broken. But she was okay, and that was all tha
CHAPTER 86SuttonTwo days later I came home from the grocery store to find Mark had returned. But he wasn’t alone.
CHAPTER 85Two Weeks Before… Half the world away in Italy.The private investigator sat impatiently waiting for the head honcho to call him in. He was tired from the long international flight, followed by the
CHAPTER 84The next day at our girls lunch out. I was sharing stories about Earl swiping the the sacramental wine from Father Montgomery.“How is Father Montgomery these days?” Natalie asked scooping up some ketchup with her fry.
CHAPTER 83SuttonThree hours later Evie’s temperature had gone up to a hundred and two degrees. Candice still hadn’t returned with my car and Mark was out of town for business. So my choices were drive Sadie’s death trap, or ca
CHAPTER 82SuttonHaving Sadie come work for us was a complete and utter godsend. Not only was she a natural with the girls, but she was as sweet and soft spoken as they came. Being younger in school than I was, I hadn’t had the chance to g
CHAPTER 81Sutton_ One month laterI thought I knew the definition of the word tired. It wasn’t as if I was a stranger to hard work. However, nothing could have prepared me for the twins. I felt like a zombie most days. A zombie with gigant