Author: PARTNER

PART 4: THE RED ENVELOPE The countdown on my phone changed. FIFTY-EIGHT MINUTES. Officer Reynolds took control immediately. He ordered two officers to secure Frank’s house while another team contacted …

PART4: At the grocery store, I paid for an elderly woman’s food. Before we went our separate ways, she leaned closer and whispered Read More

PART 5: WHAT THE SNOW COULD NOT BURY The steel door slammed shut beneath the river. Natalie’s scream disappeared behind it. My lungs burned. I struck the metal again. Nothing …

FINAL PART5: At the grocery store, I paid for an elderly woman’s food. Before we went our separate ways, she leaned closer and whispered Read More

My sister had seen Daniela at my kitchen table on the little security camera Richard installed after someone stole packages off our porch. Daniela had told me she was checking …

Her Daughter Sold Her Home, Then Learned Whose Name Was On The Deed. Read More

“What exactly did I marry?” I didn’t answer. He was my son. I wanted to tell him Alicia had manipulated him. I wanted to tell him he’d made a terrible …

PART 11 — THE ENVELOPE IN MARK’S DESK Read More

I stared at Thomas. “Forgive him for what?” He didn’t answer immediately. That frightened me. Thomas had spent the entire day answering difficult questions. Now, suddenly, he couldn’t look at …

PART 23 — THE THING RAYMOND NEVER TOLD ME Read More

Mark’s voice came through the phone. “How?” Alicia wiped her face. “Daniel said if the Silver Meadows plan failed, you had to believe Dorothy was in immediate danger.” “What kind …

PART 31 — MONDAY MORNING Read More

I stared at Alicia. “Where did Daniel think the letter was?” “In your house.” “Where?” “He didn’t know.” Thomas looked through Alicia’s list. “How did Daniel know the letter existed?” …

PART 41 — (END) THE NIGHT BEFORE RAYMOND DIED……..My daughter-in-law pocket-dialed me at 7:15 this morning. She never knew I answered. For nineteen minutes Read More