Chapter 56

“Oh, I’m afraid you are. Rose and I had it all planned out. She lured you here and, as I said, we were going to d**g you, tie you up, and sink your body to the bottom of the lake. Then we were going to convince Kane that you’d run off with Bryan. He’d be upset, but not overly surprised given your recent behavior. Of course, I’d be there to comfort him.”

Marla sighed. “It was all going so well. Even the little glitches weren’t a problem. I managed to think of a reason for Kane to be in town that first day you met Bryan. Of course, in the end Kane didn’t go, but he sent Rose instead and that was fine. She would have been able to be an ‘eye-witness’ when explaining your disappearance later on. And the fact that you were hiding the meeting by using that perfume I gave you would only have increased suspicion that you were guilty.” She glared down at Elise.

“Yesterday should have been the icing on the cake. Kane actually saw you with Bryan. I know he heard the messages and I s