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At least she was going to see Henry again At least her nightmare was over

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

By the tiretted that she had to go back to her real life The weekend had been a fantasyland where she, Dale, and Grant were all safe and cozy at ho each other’s co lunch, Grant and Dale finished installing the security syste ht it would break open

And at night, after Dale had gone to sleep, Grant cas about her body she’d never known The pleasure he wrung fro to the fantasy-like quality of those two short days

It was easy to forget her friends had died, which onlythat much more difficult to face She had an appointment at the funeral hoiven her the day off to take care of the arrangements All she had to do was drop off her lesson plan for the sub

She’d just gotten dressed and walked into the kitchen when the phone rang She answered it, and Detective Mathews’s deep voice filled the line Without preamble, he said, "We have a suspect"

"Who?"

"We started looking into Lavine’s life e for his death Wyatt’s name was on a list of family meh Isabelle, and she gripped the phone tighter "How can that be? How could I not have known Wyatt and Lavine were related?"

"They didn’t share a naht databases"

Isabelle stood there, glued to the spot, shaking and unable to process the news She didn’t want Wyatt to be the killer She didn’t want Dale’s father connected to this in any way, because it connected Dale, too Thanks to Wyatt, Dale had enough of a horrible legacy to live doithout adding murder into thepoints to hiested Wyatt’s were found all over it, especially in the areas where the car had been tampered with And it had been tah tool marks to prove that without a doubt Between that and the family connection to Lavine, it’s a pretty safe bet that Wyatt’s our guy"

"He sabotaged ht have been in there with me?"

"We’ll know more after we question him, but first, we have to find him"

"You don’t knohere he is?" asked Isabelle with a squeak of panic in her voice

"I’ve gothis etting a warrant to search it right now, and I’ve got officers out visiting the ho out with before his arrest I’ll let you knoe find hiuy, I don’t want you going anywhere near hi up the phone

Dale’s father was a killer She didn’t kno Dale would handle that news, not after everything he’d been through

Grant and Dale ca exercises She had no idea what for, but it hardly mattered When Grant saw her face, his s?"

Dale didn’t know about theherself to tell him Not yet Not until the police were sure it was Wyatt

Isabelle forced her expression into a neutralThey said we should keep our distance if we see hiust "Like we needed anyone to tell us that No one wants to be around a jerk like hiave her a hard stare, like he knew there washi Dale didn’t see the motion

Grant did He shed his suspicious look with ease, taking her lead "If he shows up, what are you going to do, Dale?"

"Steer clear Don’t worry I have nothing to say to hiht hurt you"

An angry flush rose up the back of Dale’s neck as he put his jacket on "You don’t have to tell me that I know just what he can do I’ve seen it all"

But he hadn’t Isabelle wept inside for the pain she kneould come to him if Wyatt was responsible for all those , even if it meant the killer was still out there on the loose

She grabbed Dale’s arm and made him look at her "Proood now I’ to mess that up" He leaned down and kissed her head in a bu, aard move, then rushed out the door

She watched hiot in his car and drove away

Grant’s hands settled on her shoulders, his war into her He turned her around to face him "Tell me the rest, what you didn’t want Dale to hear"

"Wyatt is Lavine’s nephew"

Grant’s brows lifted in surprise "Seriously?"

Isabelle nodded "Detective Mathews thinks he’s the killer They’re looking for hiainst hierprints were on the underside ofslits "I should have kept Wyatt froht Dale climbed out hisYou never would have been in that accident, and Everett would still be alive"

"You can’t bla to do"