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Contracted to the wrong twin Back to Lily
Chapter 47:Back to LilyThe property came into view at the end of the driveway just after three.Judith was out of the car before it fully stopped. She did not run but she walked fast up the path and pushed the front door open.Grace appeared from the kitchen. “She is in the garden,” she said.Judith went straight through the house and out the back door.Lily was at the far end of the garden near the apple tree. She had a stick in her hand and was drawing something in the mud at the base of the tree with great concentration. She looked up when she heard the door.She dropped the stick and came running.Judith met her halfway across the grass and picked her up and held her and did not say anything for a moment. Just held her.Lily put both arms around her neck. “You came back.”“I said I would,” Judith said.“I drew you a picture,” Lily said into her shoulder. “Grace helped me put it on the fridge.”“I will look at it in a minute,” Judith said.She stood there in the cold garden holdin
Contracted to the wrong twin The interview
Chapter 46:The InterviewThe police station was a plain building on a side street that looked like it could have been anything else. An office block. A council building. Nothing about the outside told you what happened inside.Ethan’s lawyer was waiting on the pavement when they pulled up. His name was George Farrell. Tall, late forties, the kind of man who had spent enough time in rooms like this that nothing about them made him nervous anymore. He shook hands with all three of them quickly and got straight to the point.“The detective leading the investigation is called Marsh,” he said. “She is experienced and she is thorough. She will be respectful but she will not leave gaps in her questions so do not leave gaps in your answers.” He looked at Judith directly. “Say what happened. In the order it happened. If you do not know something say you do not know. Do not guess.”“I understand,” Judith said.“Good.” He turned toward the entrance. “Robert’s lawyer is already inside. He came in
Contracted to the wrong twin The Swing
Chapter 45:The SwingThey went outside after breakfast.The garden was cold but bright. Proper morning light coming through the trees and the grass still wet from overnight. Grace stood in the back doorway watching them come out and then went back inside to clear the table.Lily ran straight to the swing.She climbed on and looked at Ethan. “Push me.”He came over and stood behind the swing and pushed her gently. She went forward and laughed and came back and he pushed her again.Dan stood beside Judith near the apple tree watching.“She has taken to him,” Dan said quietly.“Yes,” Judith said.“Does that bother you.”She thought about it honestly. “No,” she said. “It used to feel complicated. Now it just feels like what it is.”Dan nodded. He did not push it further.They stood there in the cold morning air watching Lily swing higher and laugh louder each time until Ethan was pushing her properly and she had her head thrown back and her feet pointed at the sky.After a while Lily call
Contracted to the wrong twin morning after
Chapter 44Morning AfterJudith woke up before Lily.That never happened.She lay there for a moment looking at the ceiling of the small room listening to the house. Quiet. Just birds outside and the sound of the wind settling down from last night.She picked up her phone.Six forty three in the morning.Fourteen missed calls. Eight messages. Three from numbers she did not know. Two from her mother. One from Sarah. One from Robert’s lawyer. One from a number she recognised after a moment as Marcus Kane.She sat up slowly.She opened Sarah’s message first.Cassel’s name is everywhere this morning. Police confirmed late last night they are expanding the investigation. Cassel’s office issued a statement denying everything. Nobody is buying it. Call me when you are up.She opened Robert’s lawyer next.Formal submission made to the police at midnight. Recording and all documents lodged. Detective assigned to case called me at six this morning. They want to speak with you today if possible.
Contracted to the wrong twin After the recording
Chapter 43After the RecordingEthan sent everything at eleven fifteen.Sarah responded within two minutes. She had clearly not been sleeping. Three words.I have it.Robert’s lawyer responded four minutes after that. Longer message. He had read everything quickly and was already making calls. He would be at the police station first thing in the morning with the full package. Cassel’s name. The documents. The recording. Everything.Ethan put the laptop to one side and sat back.Nobody moved for a while.Grace came to the kitchen doorway at some point, looked at the four of them around the table and went to put the kettle on without being asked. She made tea and put the cups down and went back to the sitting room. No questions. No comments. Just tea.Judith wrapped both hands around her cup.The kitchen was warm. Outside the wind had picked up a little and she could hear it moving through the trees at the edge of the garden. Inside everything was still.Dan was the first one to speak.
Contracted to the wrong twin The envelope
Chapter 42The EnvelopeElena got in the front seat and the driver pulled away immediately.Ethan opened the envelope.Inside were four documents folded together and a small memory card taped to the back of the last page. He unfolded everything carefully and held the first page under the light from his phone.Dan leaned over to read it at the same time.Judith watched their faces.Dan sat back first. “It is real,” he said quietly.Ethan kept reading. He went through all four pages slowly without saying anything. Then he held up the memory card.“This is the recording,” he said. “Cassel and my father. Four days before Gerald Thompson died.”The car was quiet.“We need a laptop,” Dan said.“Grace has one at the property,” Elena said from the front. “I saw it on the kitchen counter this morning.”“How long until we get back,” Judith asked.“Forty minutes,” the driver said. First words he had spoken all evening.Judith looked out of the window at the dark city going past.Peter Cassel. A
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