Chapter 14
At the end of the corridor, Madeline approached a door. She could hear Robert’s voice from within. “I told you, they’re Lucy’s friends. They’re fine.”
“Good friends would not drag you into the woods for two days and make you stand in for a play!”
“They don’t know I’m against theater, Sam.”
“You’re not against theater. You just want to protect your father’s political career. John is a danger you have to eliminate.”
“I’m a lawyer, not a politician. And eliminating an opponent doesn’t have to mean murder.”
“Since when did you go soft?”
“Don’t judge me, Sam.”
“I’m not judging. You’ll never get over Lucy, will you? Oh, for pity’s sake, she rejected you twice, and you’re still being noble?”
“This has nothing to do with Lucy. I’m not killing anyone on a hunch.”
“Robert, you a
