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“She’s been spying on me. She crashed this wedding. You saw it, you shot at her.”

“She was fleeing the scene,” Officer Anderson says in a roboticvoice, like she’s trying to convince herself. She’s probably never fired her service weapon before.

“She needs to be locked up.”

“She’s under restraint and will remain that way until my colleagues arrive.”

“What about Tyler?” Emma says. “Is he going to be released?”

“I say,” Fred says, “he could still be involved.”

“Why would Tyler want to kill me?” Connor asks. “Or do you thinkIkilled Ken by accident?”

“Of course not.”

“This has nothing to do with me.”

“Who, then?”

“You,” Connor says with emphasis.

Fred takes a step toward him.

“Fred!” Mrs. Winter calls, a plaintive note in her voice.

“Not now, Mother.”

“But Fred, I...I...”

“Are you quite all right, dear?” Mr. Winter says.

“I...” Mrs. Winter goes pale and then paler again, and before anyone can reach her, she faints dead away.

“Now, that’s what I call making an exit.”

“Shutup, Tucci!”

83I did a background check on Cathy when I got the restraining order against her.

84Does that apply to book series? Hmmm.

85I mean, obviously, yes. But also, no, right? Like the medical symptoms, I can’t be the target oftwodifferent people’s plots to murder me. I’m notthatbad of a person, am I?

86Like the chapter titles, this is a rhetorical question.

87The name of Mrs. Winter’s biggest nighttime soap, on before I was born.

88At least, that’s what I tell myself because you can’t live your life looking over your shoulder all the time.

89Is this reference too dated for my age? It was one of my mom’s favorite movies.

CHAPTER 25

If One of the Dash Girls Isn’t Sleeping with a Criminal, Is It Even a Vacation Mystery?

“I can’t believe this,” Harper says an hour later over a stiff scotch one of the bartenders was kind enough to pour her. The party’s finally been shut down and everyone shepherded back to their rooms.

We’re supposed to be there, too, but Officer Anderson is occupied getting everyone locked in for the night with the help of Mr. Prentice and a couple of the staff.

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