“Because the alternative is being sued for harassment.If you play this right, you won’t come out of this sounding like a total jackass.”
And surelythenthe cops would have to release Justin?He had three different alibis versus one anonymous “witness” report, so why was Rimer determined to be difficult?In Jez’s mind, there could only be one answer.Rimer thought Justin was guilty of Amie’s murder because she’d always suspected he was guilty of involvement in Ruby’s.She’d spent a decade waiting to pin something on him, and now she saw an opportunity.
But why?
Jez feared she knew that answer too, and she didn’t like it one bit.
“What about the outstanding debt?”Levins asked.
Clearly, he was determined to embrace douchehood.
“Amie’s dead, Tucker.You can’t collect money from a corpse.”
“It wasn’t even Amie’s debt,” Sophy told him.“Her sister stole her identity.”
Good point.“You can try to collect from sis if you like a challenge.Her name is Saige, and she’s staying at the Holiday Inn.Room 106.But the interviews come first.Do you understand?”
“Yeah,” he mumbled.
“Perfect.And if you breathe a word about my presence here, I’ll hunt you down and reform your fucking genitals.”
Jez patted him on the cheek—okay, it was more of a slap—then headed out after Ari.The Escalade was waiting, the driver’s door open, Ari already belted in the passenger seat.Dawson called as they were peeling out of the parking lot.
“What’s going on at Justin’s place?”he asked.
“I don’t know,” Ari said.“I’m not there.”
“Then where?—”
“There was an incident at Amie’s apartment, and I headed over there with Jez.What do you know?”
“Vi just called—she thought she heard a gunshot in the forest out back.”
“Where’s Jessalyn?”
“Vi can’t find her in the house.”
Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.
CHAPTER45
JESSALYN
Hello, Jessalyn.
Two little words, and they turned my spine to ice.
I spun to face my husband, and he was wearing the cold, flat expression that meant he was about to explode.The expression that led to bruises and worse.
Tread carefully.
“Ridge, what are you doing here?”
“What do you think I’m doing here?I’m saving you from your own stupidity.”
“I…I…”
“You got brainwashed by a serial killer, that’s what you did.Did he script those videos?Was slandering me his idea?”
