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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

“She hid it. Rachel Wagner had become the Sigma Rho advisor that year, the year after I graduated, and Candace didn’t trust her because of what had happened to Adele. So she bought one of those prepaid flip phones, and she kept her journal in the library where no one would find it.”

Hope grew, just a little bit. “Do you know where?”

Alexa shook her head. “She never told me. Only that the chances of anyone checking out the book she had hollowed out to hide the journal were next to zero.”

Mateo spoke up. “Do these people at the sorority, the ones responsible for Adele’s death, know that Candace sought Alexa’s help? Do they know who she is? Are they going to come after her?”

“No, but they do know that Alexa was there when Adele died, and they might think she knows what happened.”

Alexa turned her head, buried it in her boyfriend’s shoulder. Mateo said, “I’m not going to let anything happen to you or Bella, honey. I promise.”

“I’d suggest that if there is a way to leave town for a couple of days, you do it. Just as a precaution.” But Regan was torn about what to do. Talk to Detective Young...or find the answers herself.

“You can’t tell anyone about me,” Alexa said. “Please don’t. I haven’t participated in Sigma Rho alumnae events since I graduated. I don’t fill out surveys. I never told them where I was working or living. If Rachel finds out...”

“Right now, I can keep your confidence, but you may need to talk to the police later. I can help with the process. I’ve worked with a lot of witnesses, and I haven’t lost one.”

“But you’re no longer a marshal,” Mateo said pointedly.

“I have lots of friends who are. I won’t reveal your name without talking to you first, okay? But I am going to look for Candace’s journal. Your name might be in it.” After tonight, Regan absolutely didn’t believe that Taylor had died of an accidental overdose. Either she killed herself out of guilt, or Rachel Wagner killed her to keep her quiet.

Maybe Rachel thought Taylor was Lucas’s anonymous letter writer, which would explain why she felt the need to kill her and why Taylor’s computer was missing.

Mateo said, “Baby, I’ll take you and Bella to my parents’ house this weekend. We’ll be safe there, and we can stay as long as we need to.” He turned to Regan. “You’ll call when you know anything, okay?”

“I will.”

Thirty-Seven

Vicky spent the entire evening trying to keep her sorority sisters happy. Now she finally understood what her mother always used to tell her: “You can’t make all the people happy all the time.”