But she insisted. “Read it. I know what really happened.”
When I unfolded the note and saw Ben’s handwriting, my hands started shaking.
*If anything happens to me, don’t believe what you’re told. I made a mistake. Go to the cabin. Look under the rug.*
I read it again and again, my heart racing.
Lucy began to cry. “The police lied. It wasn’t what Aaron said.”
She glanced behind me, and I followed her gaze.
Aaron was asleep in my bed.
The same man who had told me it was just an accident.
That night, I didn’t sleep at all.
By morning, I knew what I had to do.