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AARON
Why me?
Sure, Blue had explained her reasoning—that I wasn’t part of Serena’s family, I wasn’t a deputy banned from working on the investigation, and I had a cool head—but still, why me?
“Come in.”
EJ Baldwin agreed to see us at his office on Monday morning, probably because Blue had sat down in the reception area and made it clear she wasn’t leaving until we’d spoken with him. Baldwin Estates occupied a converted barn on the edge of the Baldwin property. The building was decked out in light wood and a colour scheme of navy and plum, with fresh flowers in a vase on the reception desk and paintings of the town hanging on the walls—corporate but not tasteless. A large conference room took up one side of the space, with smaller offices for EJ, Marianna, Parker, and Easton the Tu
