Her eyes welled up. Honestly, she'd felt totally hopeless while giving her statement at the station. There were no cameras in the makeup room, and Rachel Collins clearly came prepared. Proving her innocence? Seemed damn near impossible.
A tissue appeared in front of her face. Grace handed it over quietly. Maria gave a tired, bitter half-smile. She was gonna say “thanks,” but when she opened her mouth, no sound came out.
She wiped away her tears and went back to James’s messages. He had promised he’d get to the bottom of it and clear her name. After finding out it was aconitine poisoning, he said he'd start investigating from there. If they could prove Rachel bought the aconitine herself, game over.
About an hour later, he messaged again: “Just met up with Amelia. I thought she m
