81.NOTHING THERE

Mrs Whitmore had them in the small morning room.Beth sat up straight with her hands in her lap. Emma sat beside her and wished she'd brought a different blouse."I'm not sure why you're here," Mrs Whitmore said, to Emma. "This is a family matter.""Beth asked me to come.""She did.""Yes."Mrs Whitmore looked at her daughter. "You asked her to come.""I did." Beth's voice was steady at the start. "Mum, she was there. She's a witness. You can't have a family matter about something that happened to me and then not let me bring somebody who was *there*—""Mind your tone.""I'm not being rude—""You're being rude, Beth." Mrs Whitmore set her cup down. "You came into my room at seven in the morning shaking like a leaf and told me a story about a warehouse,when you should be resting. Go on, then. Tell me the story again, and this time with your witness."So Beth told it.She got about ninety seconds in.Mrs Whitmore's head came round. "Pardon?""I said," Emma said, clearing her throat, "th

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82.SISTER IN-LAW

A week went by.Emma counted it in the nights she didn't sleep well. it was a week now Isla wasn't in the house. Mrs. Whitmore said she had a modeling shoot, that she'd been called away on short notice . Emma was in Jerry's study , it had rained all morning and the windows were streaked with it. There was a document between them on the desk — forty pages, a bid for a site past the ring road — and Jerry had his sleeves rolled up and his glasses on and was going through it page by page with a pen."Here," he said, tapping. "Third clause. That's not what we agreed to with their lawyer.""That's not what was in the draft I sent.""No. It isn't." He made a mark in the margin. "So somebody changed it after you sent it.""Who has access?""Four people. And I know which one." He turned the page. "Page six. The indemnity clause. Read it to me."Emma read it out loud.They worked like that for an hour, side by side, and it was the most normal hour she'd had all week.Then something hit the

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81.NOTHING THERE

82.SISTER IN-LAW