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Chapters (57)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. CHAPTER ONE
  4. CHAPTER TWO
  5. CHAPTER THREE
  6. CHAPTER FOUR
  7. CHAPTER FIVE
  8. CHAPTER SIX
  9. CHAPTER SEVEN
  10. CHAPTER EIGHT
  11. CHAPTER NINE
  12. CHAPTER TEN
  13. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  14. CHAPTER TWELVE
  15. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  16. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  17. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  18. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  19. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  20. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  21. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  22. CHAPTER TWENTY
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  32. CHAPTER THIRTY
  33. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  42. CHAPTER FORTY
  43. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  44. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  52. Acknowledgments
  53. About the Author
  54. ALSO BY FAYE KELLERMAN
  55. Credits
  56. Copyright
  57. About the Publisher

“Not that I know of.” Yvette was quiet. “Crystal didn’t have a lot of boundaries. She’d take a liking to a guy and comp him drinks. Maybe somebody took it the wrong way.” A pause. “I don’t know what that would have to do with Adrianna. She didn’t work there. So it could be their murders had nothing to do with Garage.”

“Absolutely,” Oliver said. “Crystal and Adrianna had very active social lives that had nothing to do with Garage.”

“I’m sure they had lots of friends in common,” Yvette said.

“And that’s the main focus of the investigation,” Marge said. “That’s why if we could just take a few minutes of your time, we’d like to show you a photo pack of some men and ask you if any of them look familiar.”

She got up from the couch. “Could I make some coffee first?”

“Of course.”

“Would you like a cup? It’s just as easy to make for one as for three.”

“I wouldn’t mind,” Oliver said.

“Good.” She trudged into the kitchen. “It’s the only thing I know how to make.” As if to underscore the point, she opened the refrigerator and all that was inside were different types of coffee and several bottles of sparkling water. “Oh, I also have water. Would you like water?”

She was stalling before she took a look at the photos. Another few minutes weren’t going to matter. Marge said, “Coffee’s fine.”

As Yvette took out the coffee and the filter, Oliver asked, “How well did you know Crystal?”

“We were coworkers, not friends.” She filled the machine with water. “This is going to sound snobbish, but the job to me was just a job, a way to earn money until my singing career takes off. Being a hostess to Crystal…” She took out three mugs and placed them on her empty kitchen counter. “For her, it was a profession. The best she could get.” She turned to the police. “Cream or sugar?”

“I’ll take a little cream and Splenda if you have it,” Marge said. “Did you meet a lot of Crystal’s friends?”

“I met Adrianna. And her lawyer friend. She was a nice woman. I don’t know what she was doing hanging around those clowns.”

“What about their guy friends?”

“Yeah, I met a few…the one I remember is Garth.” Yvette rolled her eyes. “Not bad-looking, but a piece of work.”

“How’s that?”

“He just thinks he’s all that. When it was clear I wasn’t interested in joining his fan club, he got hostile…well, maybe ‘hostile’ is too strong a word. He got peeved. Started being a prick, shouting out orders like…‘Hey, can we get some more nuts around here.’” She shrugged. “But he was a customer and I played along…like I give a damn what he thinks.”