Chapter 30

Martha Townsend stood at the window looking out at the rain as Lea Ann finished her part of the story. Once she finished, you could hear a pin drop in the living room.

“I . . . I didn’t mean to kill the little bitch,” Mrs. Townsend bit out bitterly. “I had only planned to scare her with it. But when she brushed me off like I was some pathetic creature that was beneath her . . . I snapped. How dare that trailer park trash gidget look down her nose at me.” Mrs. Townsend whirled around to look at them. “I got so angry that I . . .”

“We got the picture, Aunt Martha,” Matt mumbled. He was still reeling. He had been in the dark about all of it.

“I truly did not believe the baby was Cameron’s at the time,” Martha said sorrowfully. “I really thought it belonged to another man.”

“What I couldn’t figure out on my way here was why did you decided to kill Joey Evers?” Catherine asked.

“Who!” Mr. Townsend shouted with shock.