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Chapters (61)
  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. Dedication
  4. One
  5. Two
  6. Three
  7. Four
  8. Five
  9. From the Missing Journal of Candace Swain
  10. Six
  11. Seven
  12. Eight
  13. Nine
  14. Ten
  15. Eleven
  16. Twelve
  17. From the Missing Journal of Candace Swain
  18. Thirteen
  19. Fourteen
  20. Fifteen
  21. From the Missing Journal of Candace Swain
  22. Sixteen
  23. Seventeen
  24. Eighteen
  25. Nineteen
  26. Twenty
  27. Twenty-One
  28. From the Missing Journal of Candace Swain
  29. Twenty-Two
  30. Twenty-Three
  31. Twenty-Four
  32. Twenty-Five
  33. Twenty-Six
  34. Twenty-Seven
  35. Twenty-Eight
  36. Twenty-Nine
  37. Thirty
  38. Thirty-One
  39. Thirty-Two
  40. Thirty-Three
  41. Thirty-Four
  42. From the Missing Journal of Candace Swain
  43. Thirty-Five
  44. Thirty-Six
  45. Thirty-Seven
  46. Thirty-Eight
  47. From the Journal of Candace Swain
  48. Thirty-Nine
  49. Forty
  50. Forty-One
  51. Forty-Two
  52. Forty-Three
  53. Forty-Four
  54. Forty-Five
  55. Forty-Six
  56. Forty-Seven
  57. Letter Found in the Journal of Candace Swain
  58. Forty-Eight
  59. Acknowledgments
  60. Booklist
  61. Excerpt

“Because Lucas is a student, not the police. Vicky is very law-and-order, which is great, but I think she has too much faith in them. It’s been three years, and they haven’t figured out what happened to Candace. And they don’t care. I mean, I’m sure they care, but it’s not the same. Vicky is positive that the homeless guy killed her. I mean, she believes it like she believes the sky is blue.”

“You don’t?”

“No. I mean, I suppose anything’s possible, but Candace was acting really, really weird before she disappeared.”

“How so?”

“Mostly, she kind of removed herself from the sorority her last semester. I mean, she lived there and everything, but she didn’t do anything with us, didn’t come to movie nights, missed several council meetings. Vicky was on the council as the first-year representative, and she complained about Candace all the time. Candace was Vicky’s mentor, and she felt she was getting the short end because Candace kept canceling on her and not telling her why. But at the same time, Vicky worshipped her. Candace was smart and beautiful and everyone liked her. Vicky wanted to be just like her.”

“So if you don’t think that Joseph Abernathy killed Candace, what do you think happened to her?”

“I don’t know. That’s why I think this podcast is a good idea.” She leaned forward and whispered, “What if it was someone in the sorority? We were talking last night, the group of us who are fascinated by this case, and were wondering if maybe Taylor James killed her, and that’s why she overdosed. They were arguing a lot, not just at the party.”

“About what?”

“I have no idea, because anytime someone would walk into a room, they’d stop talking. The night of the party, I heard Taylor call Candace a selfish bitch. I don’t know the context or anything, but it was harsh.”

“How long was this going on?” Lizzy felt like a detective, asking questions of a witness. It was kind of thrilling.

“I don’t know. They never really liked each other as long as I knew them, but they did things together.”

Lizzy considered her options. “What if you call in tonight and share what you know, except for the really personal stuff that someone might know you’d be the only one to know.”

“I told you, I can’t. They’ll recognize my voice, just like Nia.” Nicole put a hand to her mouth. “Dammit.”

“I won’t say anything. But I can disguise your voice. I can run it through a program so it’ll be totally distorted.”

“I don’t know.”