“He was the one driving.
Not me.”
The room tilted.
“That’s not what the police report said.”
“I know.” Her hands were shaking.
“He told me if I ever said anything, no one would believe me.
I was sixteen with a record.
He was your husband.” She looked at the floor.
“So I said I took the car.
Because he told me to.”
I couldn’t breathe.
“Ava—”
“There’s more.” She reached into the jacket pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper.
“Chloe wrote this.
Right before the crash.
I kept it hidden for five years.”
I reached for it.
Then we both heard it.
The sound of Daniel’s truck pulling back into the driveway.
—
What’s written on that paper — and why did Daniel come back early?
Ava shoved the note into my hands.
“Read it.
Right now.
Before he gets inside.”
My fingers wouldn’t cooperate.
