CHAPTER 38
Jade wasn’t going to believe it. This was some sort of social experiment, where independent film directors with far too much time on their hands set up elaborate hoaxes just to see how people would respond. Somewhere behind her were cameras, a film crew ready to catch her reaction. She wasn’t going to give them the luxury of laughing at her for being the world’s most gullible person.
“That’s ridiculous,” she argued. “I shot her myself.”
“Did you actually check the body once she fell?”
“I was a little too busy to feel for a pulse if that’s what you’re asking.”
Ben took a step back. “I’m not blaming you. I’m sure there was a lot of stress. It’s something anyone could miss.”
“I shot her.” Jade spoke the words definitively. She could still hear the sound of the gunfire, could
