Chapter 3
We went to dinner the next night. Over the following weeks, the company accepted my proposal for the new brochure. We realized we were deeply in love with each other. We were married within the year.
Lying there on the chaise lounge, the thought came to me. “What if the killings weren’t random? That Alex was the target from the beginning, and the other three were a diversion to cloud the investigation and send the police down a rabbit hole?” Who would want to kill Alex and why? Finally, my appetite was back, and I got up to get something to eat and an iced tea.
I racked my brain all day. Finally, I remembered something unusual about two months ago. It was night, about eleven o’clock, and I was trying to finish a chapter in my latest book. Alex came into my office and said, “
