It felt like the whole room sighed, and I looked at Cate over by the deck in time to see relief cross her face like a wave of fresh air. She glanced at me then, and I winced. Her stare was still icy.
Tuck must have caught the glare because I saw him follow Cate’s gaze to me, and a flash of understanding settled onto his features. “It’s best that everyone here know,” he flicked his eyes to Cynthia, “that Henri was never actually a suspect. I recruited Harvey to keep up that story while we investigated other leads. It was our hope that this fiction would bring us to justice sooner.”
I risked a glance back at Cate, and she still looked angry.
“Please put all blame for this situation firmly on my shoulders,” Tuck continued. “It was a risky move in terms of police procedure, but it was an ev
