Doubly Betrayed
I squashed down the turbulent emotions in me and forced my broken body out of the restaurant.
I deleted all of Dale’s contact numbers and threw away my SIM card.
From this moment on, I had cut all ties with him.
…
Dale’s phone rang while he was sending River back home.
He answered it, only to receive terrifying news.
“Hello, we’re the South Road Riverstate police. We’ve retrieved a drowned corpse from the river, along with a suicide note and a pardon letter.
“The pardon letter was written by you for River Stane, and we’ve verified the contents of the suicide note. Lyra Stane, your wife, is the one who wrote it. Please come and retrieve her body…”