LIES OF HOPE
But before I had taken that first step, he shouted out to me, “Don’t go gettin’ any ideas about leaving, Ms. Wells. If I have to track you down, you’re shitty day is going to get a whole lot worse.”
I sat in the kitchen, a stainless steel and tile cavern that would have given any chef worth his puffy hat wet dreams. I glanced at the pricey designer clock on the wall. I had been sitting on my ass for an hour waiting for the detective to interrogate me. An hour spent going over key moments in a childhood spent in this house. I remembered my fifth birthday, when the governor had given me the most beautiful doll I had ever seen. Maggie, it came back to me. I had named her Maggie. I searched for
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