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“There’s something you should know,” Quinn said.

“What?” Annabelle’s heart skipped a beat.

“Griffin has found out that another woman I used to know—Carla Millican—was murdered in Dallas four months ago, on the same day I was there. But I swear to you, Annabelle, I didn’t kill her.”

A fourth victim! Four of Quinn’s lovers had been murdered. There was no way their murders could have been coincidental. “Was she…was Carla killed the same way the others were?”

“She was smothered and her right index finger was removed after she was dead.”

“Someone is trying to frame you,” Annabelle said. “That’s it, isn’t it?”

“Possibly. Griffin and Judd believe we have a psychopath on our hands. A serial killer.”

“You’ll have to share this information with the police. Surely then they’ll realize you’re completely innocent.”

“Maybe. But there’s a chance that since I was in the same city at the time of each murder and have no alibi any of the four times, the police could figure that I killed all four women.”

“But you didn’t. I know you didn’t.”

“I couldn’t blame you if you had some doubts. Hell, if I didn’t know better, I might think I was guilty.” Genuine anguish saturated his speech. “Please, please don’t let me hurt you…”