Chapters (97)
- Cover
- Back Cover Text
- Praise
- Booklist
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-One
- Twenty-Two
- Twenty-Three
- Twenty-Four
- Twenty-Five
- Twenty-Six
- Twenty-Seven
- Twenty-Eight
- Twenty-Nine
- Thirty
- Thirty-One
- Thirty-Two
- Thirty-Three
- Thirty-Four
- Thirty-Five
- Thirty-Six
- Thirty-Seven
- Thirty-Eight
- Thirty-Nine
- Forty
- Forty-One
- Forty-Two
- Forty-Three
- Forty-Four
- Forty-Five
- Forty-Six
- Forty-Seven
- Forty-Eight
- Forty-Nine
- Fifty
- Fifty-One
- Fifty-Two
- Fifty-Three
- Fifty-Four
- Fifty-Five
- Fifty-Six
- Fifty-Seven
- Fifty-Eight
- Fifty-Nine
- Sixty
- Sixty-One
- Sixty-Two
- Sixty-Three
- Sixty-Four
- Sixty-Five
- Sixty-Six
- Sixty-Seven
- Sixty-Eight
- Sixty-Nine
- Seventy
- Seventy-One
- Seventy-Two
- Seventy-Three
- Seventy-Four
- Seventy-Five
- Seventy-Six
- Seventy-Seven
- Seventy-Eight
- Seventy-Nine
- Eighty
- Eighty-One
- Eighty-Two
- Eighty-Three
- Eighty-Four
- Eighty-Five
- Eighty-Six
- Eighty-Seven
- Eighty-Eight
- Eighty-Nine
- Acknowledgments & A Personal Note
- Excerpt
Deciding he would give his outline to Emma after dinner, Ben went over his research. The list of people who’d agreed to talk to him face-to-face when he arrived in Canada was growing but he still had more work to do.
He wanted to reach Torrie Tullock, the sole survivor of the family, and needed to follow up on calls he’d made to her aunt and uncle.
Most important, he still needed to locate and talk to the Skull Sisters.
After dinner, when the dishes were done, Emma withdrew alone to their bedroom with Ben’s outline and shut the door. Her heart was throbbing.
This is really happening. He’s going to write about Eternity.
She’d agreed to read Ben’s outline to help him, but more so to see what he’d learned and to find a way to ward off what was looming. Mystery still enveloped the threatening notes. Emma was no closer to finding out who was behind them. And then there was the encounter in the park with that character, Del Brockway.
Was he connected to any of this?
Before Emma started the outline, she glanced anxiously at the closet door, unable to suppress her suspicion that Kayla had been snooping there, had discovered her journal. The rubber band was missing. It could’ve snapped, or been chewed by a mouse or something.
Still, to be safe, Emma had moved it.
I should destroy it, but I plan to leave it with a lawyer so it stands as a testament after my death. But now, with everything happening so fast, maybe after the anniversary has passed, I could reveal the truth to Ben, so we can rise above it all. I know he loves me. I want to protect him and Kayla from the lies and let them know the absolute truth about what happened. But I need to do it on my terms.
I’m not sure how long I can hold myself together.
Hands trembling, she began reading.
Eternity: The Story of Homicide in a
Small Town
(Outline)
By
Benjamin Grant
Emma raced through his strong, clear writing, which so easily encapsulated the facts and major points. Reading it pierced her with anguish, jerking her back to that horrible night, forcing her to stop several times.
As she forced herself to continue, panic began setting in.
How could this be happening? When I fell in love with Ben, for his compassion, for his understanding, I never believed there was a risk he would write about Eternity. Not for a moment. It was separated by so many years, and so many miles. And there were so many other cases in the world for him to consider. So many. And I believed with all my heart from reading his books that even if he somehow learned the truth about me, he’d be the most likely person in the world to understand.