Chapter 35 TarynBeing a Band-Aid ripper was a badge of honor for me. Once resolved to do something, regardless of how difficult, I bit down hard and did it. However, ruining the celebration with more discussion of Shannon didn’t seem right either. So the next morning, I told Jeff that I had something important to discuss with him that evening. He leaned over in the steamy master bathroom with a towel slung low around his hips, depositing a mouthful of toothpaste into the sink. Standing up, he stared hard at my reflection behind him in the mirror. I swallowed and gripped my robe. “That doesn’t sound like good news. You don’t want to just tell me now?” I hesitated. She was meeting the PI at lunch to get the final report and pay him his fee. Then, it would be done. Then, I would tell him

