CHAPTER 126ISABELLE’S POVMy mind wanders to the beautiful future I carefully scripted for myself. It was as clear as day and I was this close to getting it. Rob dies and Damien gets framed for it. It was going exactly as planned. He was on his way here. By the time he got here, I would have stashed Rob’s body out of his view. The gun would be planted in a way that when he picks it up, his fingerprints are automatically embedded into them. I already paid off someone to give an anonymous tip to the police. By the time the sirens fill the air and cut through the dark, i won’t be a suspect. I’ll be the tragic victim who got lured to an isolated building. I’ll sob into a paramedic’s blanket, explaining how he’d shot Rob and I was next. By sunrise, I’d be a free woman, traumatized and shaken, but still a free woman. My biggest threats, one 6ft deep under me, the other miles away from me and probably awaiting a death penalty. A deafening crack snaps me back to the freezing reality of
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