The Perfect Husband's Darkest Secret novel · Chapter 19 of 24
Chapter 19: Not for Sale
Camille found me on Wednesday morning in the lobby of Reeve Harbor.
I had come to take possession of my father's old office.
Two hundred employees were crossing the glass atrium with their coffee, and half of them slowed down to stare.
She stood beside the elevator bank in a cream coat, holding a leather tote against her ribs.
Her eyes were swollen, and she had not slept.
"Em," she said. "Five minutes."
"No."
"Please. I have something you want."
Ansel stepped between us, and I touched his arm.
"It's fine," I said. "She can say it here."
"Not here."
"Here, Camille."
She looked around at the faces turning toward us.
Then she lifted her chin, and I saw her decide to do it anyway.
"I took the ledger from his safe," she said. "I'll give it to you."
"What is it?"
"Everything." Her voice came out shaking and eager. "His handwriting. Every payment to the doctor. The pharmacy cash. The date he decided you were the problem. The date he decided it would be me at the door."
An elevator opened, and nobody got in.
"I'll hand it over to you and your lawyer today," she said. "All I want is one thing. You tell the district attorney I cooperated. Immunity, Em. I did what he told me. I never wanted to hurt you."
"You never wanted to hurt me."
"He manipulated me. You know how he is."
"I do know how he is."
I stepped closer.
"You want a district attorney to call you a witness," I said.
She flinched.
"You want that after you put a cup in front of a six-year-old."
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