Chapter 6 - Victoria Sent the Wrong Message
Victoria asked to speak.
Sarah allowed it with counsel present.
The black phone belonged to Margaret.
Victoria had taken it from the study after hearing Margaret arguing with
someone.
She sent SHE FOUND IT to the most recent contact because she hoped the
recipient would come stop Margaret.
She had not known who the contact was.
The reply arrived while officers were still at the villa:
GET THE KEY BEFORE SARAH DOES.
Sarah stared at the screen.
The sender was saved only as M.
Victoria began crying.
“I thought I was helping.”
Sarah asked why she had not simply called police.
Victoria looked ashamed.
“Because I’ve spent my whole life cleaning up after my mother.”
That answer explained too much.
But Victoria had not summoned Sarah.
Someone else had.
Then Sarah revealed the warning she received.
It included a photograph taken inside the villa forty-three minutes
before the attack.
Margaret stood in the equipment room holding the baseball bat.
The photograph had been taken secretly from the doorway.
Only one person had access to that part of the house at the time.
May you like
The villa’s groundskeeper.
Samuel Reed.
