“I’ve thought about this day a lot.”
“Then you can start by telling me what Daniel said when he called you from the hospital.”
His hands wrapped around the mug.
He didn’t look up.
“He said there’d been an accident.
He said Chloe was gone.
He said Ava had been driving.”Kitchen & Dining
“And you knew that wasn’t true.”
A long pause.
“I knew he’d been drinking when I left the house.
I knew he was in no state to drive.” His voice was rough.
“I didn’t know he’d gotten in the car.”
“But when he told you Ava had been driving—”
“I knew.” The words came out flat and quiet.
“I knew it wasn’t right.
But he was my brother.Insurance
And Chloe was already gone.
And I told myself that charging him wouldn’t bring her back.”
Ava made a sound beside me.
