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Tabitha’s brows scrunched together, indicating her confusion.
I continued. “I wound up walking out of the building, and just before I made it to my car, a man had called my name. He worked for the company and had been standing there when I was speaking with the receptionist. As it turned out, he was looking for a nanny for his son and asked if I’d be interested in the position.”
My best friend’s eyes nearly fell out of her head. “Just like that? He has a new baby and decides to just hire you on the spot?”
“Not exactly. I wound up going to their house last Saturday to meet Rhys and have an unofficial interview of sorts. It went well, so then I was hired,” I explained.
It was unsurprising why Tabitha seemed to be having such a difficult time with this whole thing. I mean, even if we both knew I wasn’t a threat to Rhys in any way, it was strange that someone would hire a person without specific credentials to be a nanny for their six-month-old baby.
For that reason, I thought it was wise to offer her some additional clarification. “Banks works at a place called Harper Security Ops.”
“Banks?”
“He’s the baby’s father, the guy who stopped me in theparking lot last Friday,” I shared.
“What does where he works have to do with anything?” she pressed.
“Background checks. He was able to easily do a background check on me and see that I’m not some criminal.”
Tabitha sat back in her seat, repositioning herself one more time. “What did you say was the name of the place he worked again?”
“Harper Security Ops.”
“Okay, I’m confused.”
“About what?”
She shot me an incredulous look. “Well, Lamise, you just told me that you didn’t actively go seeking this position as a nanny. You said you found a place you thought you’d like working. I’m not a genius, but I feel like I know you well enough to know that a place with that name isn’t exactly the kind of place where you’d be excited to work.”
This was it.
Even though it was clear she still had some questions about my new job, this was the opportunity to share with her about Graham’s video.
I swallowed hard, knowing there was nothing I could do to prepare her for what I was about to share. “I think Graham was murdered.”
For the second time since I’d started speaking, Tabitha sat up straight and gasped. “What?!”
Wanting to give her a minute to process that news, I merely nodded my head to confirm she’d heard me correctly.
There was no question she wasn’t even remotely close to pulling herself together when she asked, “What would ever make you say that?”
Realizing how horrible it was to receive that newswithout much of an explanation, I didn’t wait to respond. “I found his phone when I decided to empty a box at my apartment. I’d plugged it in and charged it, hoping to go through and find some photos or videos of the two of us, and instead, I found a video from him that indicated he knew he was going to die.”
“Are you kidding me?”
I shook my head.
Tabitha’s eyes darted back and forth, clearly trying to make sense of this. “What? I don’t understand. What did he say? Who would do something to him?”
I shrugged. “That’s what I don’t exactly know just yet. He started the video by stating that if I was watching it, it was likely he was already dead. He then went on to tell me that there was a mix-up at the dog park that led to him doing something he regretted, but he did it to keep me safe. I don’t know, Tab. I still haven’t figured it out.”
Blinking her eyes rapidly, she asked, “But what about the snake bite?”
I shrugged. “I don’t know.”
I then went on to tell her more about the video—how he’d taken it in his car, how he looked so terrified, and all the words he’d said to me.
“So, what are you doing? Did you go to the police?” she questioned me.
