Chapter 96

The Trial

Natalie turned away, as if she could ignore him.

Astor inhaled sharply. "You were posing as someone else. You were…"

Charlotte turned to look at Astor, her mind spinning. “What are you saying?

Astor’s voice was deadly calm. "I think your stepmother isn’t just guilty of murder, Charlotte. I think she’s been playing a much bigger game than we ever realized."

Natalie’s silence only confirmed it.

Astor let out a slow breath. His jaw clenched.

The officers shoved Natalie into the squad car.

But Astor wasn’t done.

His mind was now burning with questions.

Because suddenly, he had the unsettling feeling that this, Natalie’s arrest, was...