I made us grilled cheese and tomato soup for dinner — ultimate comfort food — and we went to bed early. No lovemaking that night, but I held him close, tried to reassure him with my presence until he finally fell asleep in my arms. He’d had one terse phone call from Lucas saying that the house had been cleaned up and Jessica “taken care of,” which meant her body must have been left somewhere to be found.
Maybe once upon a time the Wilcoxes could’ve made a person evaporate in a puff of smoke or whatever, but these days everyone had too much of an electronic trail. Sure, people did disappear from time to time; of course they did. In Jessica’s case, though, there would have been a lot of questions asked. She was from a prominent and well-connected family, and she’d been seen in public with D
