The End of Her

by Shari Lapena

There’s a pair of four-month-old twins with a really nice mom—Stephanie—directly across the street whom Hanna’s become friends with. This woman looks to be alone—no husband or kids in tow.

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

In today’s climate, people seem willing to believe just about anything—the

the more outrageous the lie the more gullible people seem to be.

It makes her wonder if love is just an illusion, one that disappears when reality gets too dark.

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

She’s so frightened that Erica will find out what she and Niall have been hiding for the last six years.

“Bullshit! I didn’t try to run you down! Just stop with the fucking lies, can’t you? You didn’t give me enough time. I needed to be sure I wouldn’t get caught. Now, thanks to you, I can

never get rid of Stephanie—and it’s all your fault—going to the fucking police! You’ve screwed us both.”

By the time he decided it would be a much better idea to get rid of Erica—the source of

all his problems—she’d already gone to the coroner. He’d always planned to get rid of Stephanie someday, somehow—but Erica had forced his hand.

She’d thought of it in that darkest hour right before dawn, when the mind turns to things that shouldn’t survive the cold light of day.