Chapter 3 - The Woman Who Knew Too MuchMark's heart seemed to stop.
“What did Victoria say about your mother?”
Lily hesitated.
“She said she put something in Mommy's tea.”
Victoria immediately screamed.
“She is imagining things!”
But Mark was no longer looking at Victoria.
He was looking at Sarah.
Sarah's face had gone pale.
“There is something else, Mr. Vance.”
“What?”
“I found something in Mrs. Vance's closet.”
Victoria suddenly became frantic.
“Don't you dare!”
Officer Davis stepped between them.
“Everyone stay where you are.”
Sarah led Detective Miller toward the master bedroom.
Behind several expensive fur coats was a metal lockbox.
Sarah pointed at it.
“She left it unlocked yesterday.”
Mark stared at the box.
“What is inside?”
Sarah swallowed.
“I saw prescription bottles.”
Detective Miller opened it.
Three bottles.
All bearing unfamiliar labels.
All containing digitalis.
Mark stared at them in disbelief.
Digitalis.
The same substance mentioned in Clara's medical records.
His first wife.
Lily's mother.
The woman everyone believed had died from sudden cardiac arrest.
Mark's hands began to shake.
“Clara was thirty-two.”
Detective Miller looked at him.
“Was she ever prescribed this?”
“No.”
Victoria's voice came from the hallway.
“She had a weak heart.”
Mark turned.
“She ran marathons.”
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Victoria said nothing.
For the first time, fear appeared in her eyes.
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