Chapter 9“You probably realized I mentioned in the library the other day that you were connected with the Castigliano family. More specifically to Vincenzo and Cecilia's dastardly branch of criminals.”
I gulped. Was she about to say she'd located Francesca? “I was once married to their daughter.”
“I knew your wife had died, but I didn't know about the circumstances.” When the sheriff clasped her hands together on the back of the chair, her face showed a touch of empathy. “I know what it's like to lose someone you love unexpectedly, especially when the facts surrounding their death don't add up.”
I couldn't tell what she might be trying to convey to me, but I wasn't about to interrupt her with more questions. “Thank you.”
“What I'm trying to say, perhaps not as well as I could be, is th
