Chapter 1: The Guest Who Forgot Her Place 027

“Is Kayla there?”

“Yes.

Why?”

He exhaled.

“Because I think she’s in danger.”

I sat down.

“What do you mean?”

“Have you met Daniel Mercer?”

My stomach tightened.

“How do you know that name?”

“Because Kayla told me she was going to leave me for him.”

I looked at Andrew, who was sitting across the room.

Marcus continued.

“She said he had money, a business, and plans to start over.

I thought she was trying to make me jealous.

Then I found messages showing he’d asked her to get copies of financial documents from someone in her family.”

I closed my eyes.

“Did she tell you whose documents?”

“No.

I assumed they were hers.”

“Did you know he had a history of financial fraud?”

Marcus was silent.

Then he said, “I suspected it.”

“Why didn’t you tell us?”

“Because I didn’t have proof.

And because I was angry with her.”