My Duplicated Husband novel · Chapter 16 of 24
Chapter 16: Public Record
The yard office at seven on a Saturday was cold, and every board member was already in his chair.
Dina stood at the head of the long table, in her camel coat, with a projector remote in her hand.
She saw us in the doorway and her smile widened.
"Lorne. Lydia. Please, sit. You're just in time for the minutes."
Lorne took the chair at her right.
I stood behind him with my hand on his shoulder.
Six board members, four yard foremen and the night bookkeeper filled the room.
The sheriff's cruiser was not in the lot.
I had checked twice.
"I'll be brief," Dina said.
"Last week, Lorne Penhallow's brother Rory vanished, and I've been sick with worry."
"I'm Rory's wife, as some of you know."
A few heads turned.
"I have reason to believe he was killed in the Penhallow house on the sixteenth of October, and I'd like you to see why."
She clicked the remote.
The screen at the end of the room lit up with the grainy blue night video.
A woman in a cardigan was dragging a rug across the wet grass.
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