EMMETTE

I wanted to hold her hand. But I knew that would make things… weird. I’d given Penny the day off, even though she was supposed to be the one on this work trip, and dragged Corrie along instead. Honestly, I didn’t know what I was thinking.

The entire week had been a blur of chasing leads, trying to figure out who sent that letter to Mimi Remington.

Nothing was turning up. She had given me seventy-two hours, and most of that time had already slipped away. I was still digging, but it was strange that Mimi hadn’t even bothered to check in. With how urgently she’d requested this, you’d...