She shook her head. “I had just started as the faculty advisor, and the girls were only beginning to know me. Now I like to think that any of them would come to me if they were having difficulties.”

“What do you think was going on between them?”

“I don’t know the details. Just rumors and innuendo, and I don’t feel comfortable sharing any of that.” She paused, then said carefully, “It would not surprise me if I learned Taylor had...hurt...Candace. She fell apart after Candace’s murder, and I just had this odd feeling... Anyway, guilt is a powerful emotion. For three years Taylor struggled with addiction, and I fear the podcast sent her over the edge.”

“Do you have anything concrete that makes you think that Taylor was involved in Candace’s murder?”

“Of course not! Just...a feeling. She spiraled after Candace’s death, more than anyone. But it was such an awful time for the sorority. Sigma Rho almost didn’t get through it. But we did, and we’re stronger for it.”

Lizzy Choi loved being a TA for what she affectionately called Math for Dummies. Probably not politically correct, but teaching artsy types how to do basic math that they should have learned in elementary school was actually fun. Her mom always thought she should be a teacher herself, but the idea of being trapped in a classroom doing the same thing every day, every year, just with different kids? No thanks.

She didn’t care that the professor rarely showed up. She was on full scholarship and got paid for being a TA. She was putting virtually every dime in the bank because who knew what was going to happen when she graduated? What if she couldn’t find a job right away?

Right. Someone with your brains majoring in engineering? You’ll land somewhere fast.

Still her parents were old-school. Save your money, don’t go into debt, get a good job, buy a house, get married, have a family. She wasn’t quite sure about the last two on the checklist, but she was only twenty-one: she had time.

Well, time was relative. She had a heavy class schedule, she was the TA for this class, and she was working on Lucas’s podcast. Free time was at a premium, and she wanted to spend it with Lucas. Which was so unlike her.

She was about to call him and see if he wanted to meet for lunch when Nicole Bergamo approached her. She did a double take. She had just been talking about Nicole with Lucas last night, and now she clearly wanted to talk to her, even though they hadn’t had a class together this year.

Nicole was another super smart math person, but not a geek like Lizzy. Nicole was definitely the type to become a math teacher.

“Hi, Lizzy. I’m so glad I caught you here.”