“We need your help, Mrs. Blake,” the officer pressed. “Any information you have would be invaluable.”
I felt my mind racing. I’d always thought Ethan was ambitious, maybe too ambitious. Had he been hiding something darker? “But he’s always been so… careful.”
The officer’s brow furrowed. “Careful doesn’t imply innocent.”
As the weight of his words settled, the realization hit me hard — was he really just celebrating his mother’s birthday, or did he have other motives for leaving me?
