A Familiar Sight (Dr. Gretchen White, #1)

by Brianna Labuskes

“Claire,” Lena started gently, and Gretchen could almost see her touching the other woman’s hand to offer comfort, a gesture Gretchen had seen countless times. “I have to ask . . . Why now?” In the pause between the words, Gretchen heard the question that must have been obvious. Is this a woman seeking revenge on a cheating husband? “I’m under no delusion that my husband is faithful to me. But that’s not what this is,” Claire said with a twist to the words. She’d likely heard the suggestion of a hidden motive layered underneath. “I was in the attic the other day.” “He kept this bracelet in the attic?” Claire huffed out a disbelieving breath. “Can you believe it? In a box of old baseball cards. He must have thought I’d never look there.” Which actually seemed like a fair assumption. Why had Claire Kent been in her attic? She seemed the type of woman to hire someone to bring her the boxes she wanted. Marconi’s brows had gone up a notch. “This could be nothing,” Lena said. “Maybe she gave it to him before she left, and neither noticed the blood.”