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She taarette on my new Silestone kitchen counter (brand new fro the last smoke from the pack, she crushed the wrapper and threw it at me It bounced off my left breast and onto the new parquet floor
She took her ti both ways, my dear” Smoke billowed out with her words
Roz leaned against the ht shoulder “We had a thing He was getting sick of you, sweetie” Sarcasoody two-shoes ways Your wide-eyed stupidity He was supposed to leave your duether” Son’s nostrils “But that never happened He keptht it was because you’re so beautiful Or maybe he orried about the divorce settlement, especially since you lost your job”
She frowned “Then he stopped seeingexcuses about his whereabouts I wondered if I waslosing him to someone else Someone asn’t you
“That’s when I talked to you about hiring a private eye I figured you’d share whatever you learned Tell the best friend who gave you the idea” She s to call him I finally said, fuck it, and followed Ed myself I followed him to that bar and that dump of a motel where he always took his dates But I still needed proof
“I couldn’t hire the guy I told you about But I used sopeople in the act”
She took another drag and blew the sht er to ht rooet the right shots Those photos are stills from the video”
She glared “When I found out he was seeing other ler “I wanted to kill hiht then and there But I played it smart” She nodded “Oh, yeah When you toldto that PI, I waited for you to leave for your appointment Then I called Ed and told him to meet me here I also called that fairy assistant of his and sent hiive him an alibi I told him I had photos of their liaisons” She shook her head,I’d seen theh I knew
“When Ed got here, he fixed us some drinks After we’d had a couple, I excused myself to make a quick phone call” She snorted “That’s what I told hiot the knife and ran at him so fast, he didn’t knohat hit him He landed on his back and I stabbed him in the heart Not that he had a heart, the son of a bitch One way or the other, I figured I was covered I’d committed the perfect murder”
She turned and fixed ry stare “But you couldn’t leave it alone, could you? You had to go and figure it out, didn’t you?” She took a breath and continued in an anguished voice “It could’ve been perfect It didn’t have to be you, you know? Brant could’ve taken the fall, but you wouldn’t let that
happen”
“Brant didn’t kill anyone,” I said “And neither did I”
Her lips curled with disgust “There you go Little Miss Innocent Aren’t you sweet?” she said, in atone “So fuckin’ sweet! So fuckin’ clueless! You just have no idea You could twist , if you wanted You could make saps out of them all!”
I was tired of hearing about saps Before I could speak, Roz pivoted, yanked ed toward me At that moment, Mr Greeley burst out of the closet (no pun intended) and tackled her to the floor