“When Brad left.”
“Why?”
She looked ashamed.
“Because he threatened you.”
Everything inside me stopped.
“What?”
Melissa swallowed.
“When he got here, he was furious. He kept saying you were going to ruin everything.”
“What exactly did he say?”
She hesitated.
I stepped closer.
“What did my husband say?”
Her voice dropped.
“He said if you had found the documents, he’d make sure everyone believed you were unstable.”
The sirens grew louder.
“He said you’ve been ‘acting crazy’ for months.”
“That isn’t a threat.”
“No.”
Melissa looked at me.
“Then he said, ‘If Natalie makes this ugly, I know how to make ugly look like an accident.’”
My skin went cold.
Suddenly the laxative prank felt very far away.
Two officers arrived.
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