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She nods. “That was the plan.”
“How dare you! What’s wrong with you, anyway? Get out of my face, leave this town, and never return!”
“I can’t do that.”
“Sure you can. I’ll even buy you a ticket if you can’t afford one. That’s as much as you’ll get after everything you’ve pulled. I’d have given you anything if you’d have come to me like a normal person, but you lost that option.”
Jane stares at me. “Things have changed. I have to tell you something important.”
“This ought to be good. What is it?”
“Your husband is planning on killing you.”
Just the thought of my husband wanting my death is excruciating. “What?”
“He knows about your affair with his brother.”
I can only blink. No words come.
“Peter told me when he still thought I was you. He was going to kill me.”
“Why are you telling me this?”
“Because an affair is no reason tokillsomeone. I mean, talk about going overboard. He’s lost his mind! In order to save my life, I told him I’d work with him. But I can’t take part in your murder. As much as I resent you getting the good family, you’re still my sister.”
“Gee, thanks.”
“I’m serious.” She leans over the table, speaking quieter. “You need to leave town. Now. He wants to take you out tonight.”
“You’d like that, wouldn’t you?”
“This has nothing to do with me.”
“No?” I counter. “You wouldn’t slide into my life? Get what you’ve always wanted?”
“How would that benefit me? The man wants youdead. If I become you, he’ll want me dead. We both need to get out of town.”
“That’s so sweet.”
She rolls her eyes.
I study her, but it’s weird since she looks exactly like me. “Something about this seems off. Why are you warning me away?”
“So you can live!”
“But you came here to get rid of me. What’s the difference if I live or die?”
“I never wanted to kill you.” She looks down at her hands. “I only wanted the good things you’ve always had.”
I laugh bitterly. “You’re delusional if you think I’ve had an easy life.”
“You’re married to an anesthesiologist! It doesn’t get much better than that.”
“Do you knowanythingabout my life prior to meeting Peter? Have you looked into Bryant, the narcissist who actually managed to shatter me? It took me years to overcome the damage he did to me. And in case you missed the part about my parents lying to me my entire life—there was nothing good about that. I have a sociopathic brother who took all of their time and attention, even though he didn’t live with us.”
“Yeah, I’ve met him.”
“And they—wait. What?”
