Bitter Burn novel · Chapter 20 of 24
Chapter 20: The Second Ledger
"He says it's family," Bridie said.
"He says, and I quote, that he's willing to bury the thing that happened on the bay."
"He wants you in the house in Roland Park.
"Tomorrow at ten, alone."
"No," I said.
Her hand was not steady on the phone.
"I haven't been in that house since our mother's funeral," she said.
"I told myself I'd come back for his."
"He asked for me, not you," Bridie said.
"Nine years I've refused his invitations.
"He'll think I've finally crawled back."
Sabine leaned in the doorway with her arms folded.
"It's a trap," she said.
"Of course it's a trap.
"He thinks I'll bring you both, and he'll have you in a room."
"But he doesn't know what I know."
She looked at me.
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