Anya Gallien maneuvered through rush hour traffic as she raced from Donna Blair"s house toward Shoreline Village Marina. The note from Lauren had been dropped into her mail slot before dawn, directing her to slip number 127 at the downtown marina.
Although she was still stinging from Lauren"s accusations, Anya had decided to meet Lauren regardless of their painful fight the previous night. She was determined to get the flash drive. Anya knew she was in too deep to chance having the video of her and Scott fall into the hands of the prosecutor.
She firmly believed that witnesses could be broken down by prosecutors, even in America. Her alibi could fall apart, and Anya knew the video would establish motive for her to have killed Scott Connolly. And motive was something she indeed did have.
