Stolen
“She’d already given him the ins and outs of what had happened, leaving a few details out for his benefit and her own. She’d filled him in on the investigation, such as it was. And now she waited for the hard part. The blame, the responsibility, the guilt.
‘Why didn’t you call me?’ he asked.
‘I tried,’ Abby said, knowing that she hadn’t tried hard enough. ‘I tried to call you from the police station the day–’ Abby stopped. She hadn’t come up with a suitable euphemism yet. ‘I tried but Paul was there and I didn’t know what to say. How could I tell you that over the phone?’ ‘I should’ve been here,’ he said and Abby wasn’t sure if he was blaming her for not calling him and getting him back as soon as it had happened or if he was talking to himself.
‘What if it’s her?’ Abby said.
Simon pulled her close to him. ‘They said it looked like the body had been in the water a week, right?
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