R P N E W S D A I L Y

Nobody spoke. Coffee spread slowly across Dr. Voss’s floor between shards of white ceramic. I could hear Rebecca’s mother crying through the phone. Emily was still holding it. Dr. Voss …

Dr. Voss stared at Evelyn. “My father had another son?” Evelyn nodded. “David.” “No.” Alan shook his head. “No. My father would have told me.” Evelyn’s expression was painfully sad. …

Richard’s question hung in the room. “Which one?” I couldn’t speak. My first instinct was to look at Leo. My second was to look at Mark. My twin brother. Then …

Anne refused to explain anything over the phone. She said she would speak once. In person. With the police present. And she wanted David there. Three days later, we sat …

Caroline disappeared for thirty-six hours. Police watched my building. Leo’s appointments were moved. Nobody outside a very small circle knew where we were staying. I barely slept. Then, at 5:43 …

Three months later, Emily called me at 6:12 in the morning. I answered expecting trouble. Instead she said: “I’m getting divorced today.” I sat up. “What?” “The final hearing is …

Four hundred sixty-three thousand dollars. I wrote the number on a yellow sticky note and placed it beside my laptop. Then I wrote another number underneath. $31,600. My annual salary. …

At 5:58 the next evening, I pulled into my driveway. I wasn’t alone. Rebecca was parked two streets away. She had told me three times that I didn’t have to …