CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE Maxwell swore, burying his head in his hands as Stella watched sympathetically. That was how she felt, too. Roth pressed his lips together. Then he gave a reluctant nod. “You’re correct. It’s going to be a major flaw in the case. But we don’t have an alternative suspect.” “I had a thought about that,” Stella said. “Explain to me, Fall,” Roth said. “The only other explanation is that Amanda went ahead with the dare and she was somehow murdered as a result. I wondered earlier if she had done it, and I went to her house to see if I could find any evidence of trophies. Then Maxwell called to say he knew where Cassidy was, so I left in a hurry. After everything that happened with Cassidy, we didn’t pursue that line of thought.” She thought again of Amanda being n***d.

