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I didn’t sleep after that phone call. I sat on my sister’s couch with the lights off, staring at the black screen of my phone. The message kept repeating in …

I didn’t move. Charles’s footsteps stopped at the bottom of the stairs. “Audrey?” His voice was calm. Too calm. I pressed myself against the wall beside the storage room door …

For several seconds, nobody moved. Wesley looked at the officer like he had spoken in another language. “What did you say?” The officer repeated it. “A woman upstairs says she’s …

I couldn’t breathe. Three months ago. Nolan had told me he found a hole in his bedroom wall. I remembered exactly where I had been standing when he said it. …

I stared at Diane. “What are you talking about?” She looked at Michael. He looked away. That was enough. Whatever she was about to tell me, he already knew. I …

“Two million dollars?” My voice barely came out. Jake was silent on the phone. Michael wasn’t. “That report was wrong.” I turned toward him. “You knew about it.” “No.” “You …

For several seconds, nobody spoke. I stared at Diane. “Dr. Evans?” She nodded. My mind rejected it immediately. The woman who had discovered the surgery. The woman who had looked …

For several seconds, I could hear nothing except my own heartbeat. Jake stood across from me, staring at the DNA report as though the words might change if he looked …