Chapter 7 - Margaret Chose Silence Over Catherine
David turned toward Laura.
He looked ashamed.
Laura knew why before he spoke.
“I knew Mom was contacting people.”
Her stomach dropped.
“How long?”
“Three weeks.”
“You knew she was telling people I was unstable?”
“I knew some of it.”
“And you didn’t tell me.”
“I confronted her.”
“That wasn’t my question.”
David looked down.
“No.”
Laura removed her wedding ring.
David went pale.
“I’m not leaving tonight,” she said. “But we are not pretending this is
only your mother’s problem.”
He nodded.
Margaret began to speak.
Laura stopped her.
“No. You have controlled enough conversations.”
For once, Margaret obeyed.
Then Hannah’s phone rang.
An unknown caller said:
“If you want to know who actually started the warehouse fire, ask
Natalie what Jonathan confessed before he died.”
Everyone looked at Natalie.
Her face drained of color.
“My father left a recording.”
Hannah stared. “You knew?”
“I knew the recording existed. I never listened to it.”
Natalie explained Margaret had invited her under false pretenses,
claiming David was unhappy and Laura had become volatile.
Laura almost laughed.
Margaret had manipulated both women.
Natalie apologized.
Laura accepted the apology without pretending they were suddenly
friends.
The recording was in Natalie’s apartment.
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And Jonathan’s dying confession would finally explain how Samuel Brooks
lost his life.
