Chapter 214

• Karen’s heart thumped inside her chest, each beat growing louder as she stared at her mother. “Mum, what do you mean you have the bag? You had no right to take it from where it was locked!”
• Rita descended the stairs slowly, her eyes never leaving Karen. Her calmness only made Karen’s panic worse.
• “Why are you so upset?” Rita asked, her voice soft but tinged with disappointment. “Didn’t you tell me last time you had nothing to do with hiding the evidence against Linda?”