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“We can cross him off the list, but do we know if he’s told anyone?”

“I don’t think so, do you?”

Grady shook his head. “Nah. He’s too private and professional. He wouldn’t have told his family or friends. We can eliminate him.”

Reese pointed to Grady’s name on the list. “I think we can eliminate you too. I know you wouldn’t screw me over.”

“I also have no motive.”

He crossed his own name off the list, then said, “Marnie? I can’t say I know her well. We’ve only chatted a couple of times.”

“Obviously I can’t say for certain,” Reese said. “But I don’t see a motive. And John would kill her.”

“But we can’t say for certain, right?”

Reese got up to refill her coffee. She thought about Marnie. She wasn’t close with her the way she was with Daria, but they had shared stories about their lives. She knew about Marnie’s alcoholic mom. But like John, Marnie had been to the house a few times. It was obvious Fran was a hoarder. Still, Reese was pretty sure that Marnie was loyal. It would be hard to believe that she’d stoop to giving information to a trashy blog.

“I guess we can’t, but it’s still a long shot. I don’t know what her motive would be.”

“Could she have told other people?”

“Yes, I suppose. But that’s not something I could see her doing.”

“So we aren’t striking her off the list yet?”

“No, but the odds it’s her are slim.”

“What about Cam?”

She put a splash of cream in her coffee and sat back down. “Not a chance. He would never do anything like that to me.”

“Would he have told anyone?”

“He may have told his fiancée, and I’m sure his family knows, but they wouldn’t spill the beans. They have no reason…” She trailed off and Grady arched an eyebrow.

“No reason to? What?”

Reese groaned and massaged her temples. “I’m about to tell you something and you have to keep it between us.”

“Of course.”

“Cam’s family is going through some financial troubles. What am I talking about? It’s more than that. His dad is losing his business and filing for bankruptcy. But he would never betray me like that. Not for a couple of bucks from a trashy blog. Besides, his dad wouldn’t even know what a blog was.”

“The blog pays five figures for certain tips and stories.”

Reese’s eyes opened wide. “Holy shit! How do you know that?”

“I looked into it. That’s what I heard. If someone needed the money, they could keep giving tips. This blog is huge. They have video channels now; they’re all over the place.”

“Still, Cam wouldn’t do it.”

“Would his father? Mother? Maybe his sister?”

“They’re like family to me. I don’t think so.”

A hole was forming in her chest.

Could someone from Cam’s family be doing this?

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