Chapter 11 - Marlene Finally Tells the Truth
Marlene asked for an attorney.
Through counsel, she agreed to provide information.
She said Graham had pressured her to keep Lily from speaking to anyone
while he tried to recover Anna’s documents.
Marlene insisted she believed Anna had left voluntarily at first.
But she admitted she later heard Anna’s voice during a call with Graham.
Anna had sounded frightened.
Marlene gave investigators a location: an old maintenance property near
the state line.
She also admitted the gray sedan visits were meant to frighten Lily into
surrendering the key.
Daniel listened to the update from the detective and felt anger rise.
He wanted to drive there himself.
Ethan was sitting across from him.
Daniel looked at his son and made a different choice.
He stayed.
“Are they going to get her?” Ethan asked.
“They’re checking the location now.”
Ethan reached across the table.
May you like
Daniel took his hand.
They waited together.
