Chapters (52)
- Cover
- Praise
- Booklist
- Dedication
- About the Author
- T H E I N T E R V I E W
- J A D E
- J A D E
- C A M
- T H E I N T E R V I E W
- J A D E
- J A D E
- S E B A S T I A N
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- C A M
- T H E I N T E R V I E W
- J A D E
- S E B A S T I A N
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- T H E I N T E R V I E W
- J A D E
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- C A M
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- C A M
- T H E I N T E R V I E W
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- J A D E
- S E B A S T I A N
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- C A M
- T H E I N T E R V I E W
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- C A M
- T H E I N T E R V I E W
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- S E B A S T I A N
- T H E I N T E R V I E W
- A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S
- Stranger in the Lake
Juanita: Or maybe you just have a bone to pick with insurance companies, seeing as yours didn’t pay out, either. Not after you confessed to insurance fraud and—
Cam: Attempted insurance fraud. My attorney was able to talk down the charges.
Juanita: Because you also confessed to arson in the first degree. You got six and a half years.
Cam: And I deserved them. But for the record, I confessed to Jade first. I told her everything, and I mean everything, before I went to the police. There are no more secrets between me and Jade. Nothing’s stayed buried. She knows every single thing.
Juanita: Does she know what happened to the missing $49,000?
Cam: I already told you. It was in my truck, and then it wasn’t.
Juanita: Yes, but if that’s really the case, why would she tell me to look into it? What do you think she meant by that?
Cam: I don’t know. You’d have to ask Jade.
Juanita: She wouldn’t tell me, either. But I did do a little digging. I took another look at the GoFundMe campaigns, and do you know what I found?
Cam: [doesn’t respond]
Juanita: I found a donation of $49,514.27 made in late August. Three weeks almost to the day after Sebastian forced his way into your home, after the same amount disappeared from your truck. The donation was anonymous. There was no name attached.
Cam: I know what anonymous means, Juanita.
Juanita: I just think it’s strange, don’t you?
Cam: It is quite the coincidence.
Juanita: A gift like that, though...if people found out you were behind it, that would go a long way to improving your public standing.
Cam: I already told you. Scrubbing my image is not why I’m here.
Juanita: And Jade?
Cam: What about her?
Juanita: Is it possible that maybe she wanted me to discover the donation? So that people might look a little more kindly on you?
Cam: [doesn’t respond]
Juanita: Come on, Cam. I thought you were here to set the record straight.
Cam: I am. I did. I confessed my crimes in front of a judge and now your cameras. I’m paying for them with six and a half long years of my life. Years where I’m missing out on violin concertos and soccer games and birthdays and anniversary dinners and a million other important moments.
Juanita: Okay, different question then. Do you think Jade has forgiven you?
Cam: It’s a lot to forgive.
Juanita: When I spoke to her last week, I asked her the same question. I asked if she forgave you.
Cam: And?
[Door opens, male voice from off camera]: Sorry, Ms. Moore, but time’s up. I’m going to have to ask you to wrap it up.
Juanita: I just have one last question. Please, may I ask it?
Man: Okay, but make it quick.