The End of Her

by Shari Lapena

Because this woman, Erica, who they’d been so taken with in the beginning, had begun to make them feel uneasy.

“Just because they said it was an accident doesn’t mean it was.”

“You remember. You told me you felt trapped, you were unhappy. I thought you were in love with me. Imagine what it was like for me when she died. I thought—I was afraid—that you’d done it on purpose.” She adds, “And I’ve had to live with that ever since.”

In today’s climate, people seem willing to believe just about anything—the more outrageous the lie the more gullible people seem to be.

When trust goes, how quickly love disappears and self-preservation takes over.

Fear and dread envelop her. She’s so frightened that Erica will find out what she and Niall have been hiding for the last six years. She doesn’t want to think about it but guilt and fear pull her into the past.

He’d always planned to get rid of Stephanie someday, somehow—but Erica had forced his hand.

He thinks back to how it all began—clumsily bumping into Lindsey at the top of the stairs while her back was turned.