What She Buried

Summary

Five years on the run, and they finally caught me.

The man who cuffed me was my high school boyfriend. The one who’d traded his trust fund for a badge and a gun, all in the name of justice.

Across the sterile interrogation table, Ethan Hayes was a mask of professional indifference.

“Five years ago,” he began, his voice flat, “did you kill Mark Peterson?”

“Yes.”

“And what was he to you?”

“He was my father.”

For the first time, his eyes lifted to meet mine. They were deep, dark pools of something I couldn’t name. “So, when you broke up with me…