The Business Trip
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Realizing with horrifying clarity that there was a pillow on my face, I heard Glenn laughing as I began to flail. Just as I tried to belt out a scream, he lifted the pillow and fell over on his side, cackling uncontrollably.
Satyra Jenkins
Hell no!
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She could care for complete strangers with tenderness, but not show an ounce of TLC for her own daughter.
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Hey Anna—I’m more than OK. I met a great guy named Trent McCarthy. He makes me feel safe and beautiful. More details when I can!
Satyra Jenkins
Sus!
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Lucy wanted to make a list of every day since Steph had left and the corresponding information we had gathered. She began typing and reading aloud.
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That night at my place when Steph told me that she would be willing to endure a disease, a few nights in the woods, or a friendly kidnapper to get her son back in her corner. This wasn’t some giant cat and mouse game, was it? Was Trent the friendly kidnapper? Could she possibly have staged this to make Evan worry for a while and then return triumphantly?
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“Robert,” she finally stammered. “That was Dave. He said a GM friend of his called him. Apparently, word is getting out in the news community that a news director named Trent in Atlanta is in jail. For something awful. And Dave’s friend said it involves another news director, a female.”
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“That one is a Jasmine V. Littleton. The second potential victim is a Stephanie H. Monroe.
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“Dorothy Robinson, Boston,” she replied in a voice so deep that it surprised me. “I’m a former investigative journalist. I’ve been at the ABC affiliate for over thirty years, news director for the past eight.”
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“Are you someone who likes to … punish others? Or do you prefer, you know, a softer touch?”
Satyra Jenkins
Ewww
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that if you keep smiling and look confident, people will believe just about anything you say.
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Things were clicking into place.
Satyra Jenkins
She is diabolical
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As a major bonus, I’d sent a total jerk down the river for the murder of two women twenty-seven years after I had done the same to Drake for the death of Allison.
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“Because you’re a bastard, and bastards can’t win.”
Satyra Jenkins
Yess!!