p.
He didn’t believe her to be truly at risk—one step from
suicidal ideation, he called it. But I’m not convinced. I’ve
been trying to track her down since then to get her some
help.”
“Did she say anything to Mrs. Jones?”
He gazes at me. He looks really uncomfortable.
“Not much,” he says eventually, but I know he’s not
telling me everything.
I distract myself with pouring tea into teacups. So Leila
wants back into Christian’s life and chooses a suicide
attempt to attract his attention? Whoa . . . scary. But
effective. Christian left Georgia to be at her side, but she
disappears before he gets there? How odd.
“You can’t find her? What about her family?”
“They don’t know where she is. Neither does her
husband.”
husband.”
“Husband?”
“Yes,” he says distractedly, “she’s been married for
about two years.”
What? “So she was with you while she was married?”
Holy fuck. He really has no boundaries.
“No! Good God, no. She was with me nearly three
years ago. Then she left and married this guy shortly
afterward.”