Chapter 101

Declan

For a second, no one moves. Not me. Not Vera. Even the anchor on TV looks stuck in place.

Everything hangs on that frozen image on the screen: Raymond Cross’s hand on Roxanne’s arm. It’s not affectionate. It’s not romantic. He’s controlling her. The footage is short, not even three seconds, but somehow that just makes it worse.

Three seconds is all it takes. Three seconds is enough to prove