The medics cleared her with nothing more than a few bumps and bruises. The two police officers who’d arrived with Paul and Chris questioned Elizabeth. She was amazing, remaining calm through it all. Sentence by sentence, she relived the last two hours of her life in detail.
Stephanie was the other woman, and he couldn’t say he was all that surprised. From what he’d learned of Jared, the man was all about appearances, and Elizabeth wasn’t fake. He couldn’t see her ever truly fitting into the world in which the Carters and Stephanie Manning lived.
“We’ll be in touch if we have any more questions, Ms. Marshall.” The two detectives stood to leave, and Paul walked them out.
“Are you okay?” she said.
Chris turned to see if she was serious. “You’re asking me if I’m okay? Shouldn’t that be the
