At the start of winter, Margot called. The police had found the men who'd tied me up.
One of them, Dane, had identified Mia in the footage and handed over messages he'd kept. She'd told them to lock me up and record me breaking down, begging to be let out. Then she'd tell the family I'd come after her over Colin.
She knew I wouldn't show up at that boathouse for no reason.
So she'd called for help.
Mia: She'll come. She won't leave me there.
Mia's own words to Dane. Margot stopped reading. Did I need a break?
I was sitting in the print shop's back room. Outside, the first snow was falling.
Even after they tied me up, I'd begged to hear her voice. She scared easily, I'd told them. Whatever they wanted, they could do it to me instead.
I'd told myself she must have been frightened too
