CHAPTER THIRTY seven
I dropped Juliet off at her apartment close to midnight. Jay protested his innocence, but Anthony told the sheriff everything Tessa confessed while holding me at gunpoint. Once Jay found out Tessa had set him up to take the fall for Tessa’s murder, he sang like a choir boy. Sheriff Dawes even let Juliet slap the cuffs on Jay. After we promised to come down to the station first thing in the morning, the sheriff told us to go home and get some rest. Exhaustion from the late hour and the emotional drain of being held at gunpoint caught up with me. I struggled to keep my eyes open the few miles to my house. I pulled into my driveway. Clint’s truck pulled in behind me. I dragged myself up the steps, and he followed me inside.
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