Nine months after my husband died, i hired a contr…

Lacy, the buyer needs an answer by Friday. We’re running out of time. Then Tuesday. I promise. I just need to rest. Another pause. Longer. Okay, Tuesday. Feel better. He hung up.

I looked at Brooks. He knows something’s wrong. Then we move faster. Let me call Pritchard.

Detective James Pritchard arrived at Brooks’s office at 8:00 p.m. 42 years old. continue reading …