Chapter 31. The Truth Behind Their Deaths

Lance nodded his head at her question. “Exactly. To do that, I needed to use Julie... Not you. You were neither a tool nor a substitute, Roxanne.”

Roxanne blinked back at him, surprised by his sudden confession.

“But,” he paused and looked down at her. He looked like he was about to say something, but shook it away. “Well, now that you know this, don’t think you can so easily get rid of me, after all,” he said and quickly slid near her and stared deep into her eyes with a smirk. “I just told you my deepest secret.”

Revenge? Tools? Substitute?

Roxanne couldn’t understand any of what Lance was saying anymore.

“What...?” She tried to speak, but Lance sighed loudly.

“Damn, I think I might have spoken too much.” He muttered under his breath, stating the obvious as reality f