40 Megan
Not long after James left, I texted Chris.
Come home now. We need to talk.
All credit to him, he did. He must have known by now that I would know. The police will have been to see Lauren, and Lauren would have had to tell James. And one of them would have told me. He wouldn’t have been released without Lauren telling the police everything and backing up his alibi. He would have known that his secret would be out, but at least it meant he wouldn’t be charged with the murders of Riley Markham and Kai Bolton.
I arranged for Mum to come and pick Evie up between James leaving and Chris arriving. I didn’t tell her why — just that I needed time to myself after everything that had happened in the past few days. Thankfully, she didn’t argue with that.
When I finally hear his key in th
