Synopsis
The funeral was beautiful. Twenty-seven guests. White lilies. Open bar.
The caterer arranged everything like she'd known my husband for years.
She had.
I found him upstairs in our bedroom, alive, watching the reception through the baby monitor.
"You weren't supposed to come upstairs, Nora."
His will had been rewritten. His life insurance renamed. His bank accounts emptied into a shell company I'd never heard of.
Five years of marriage, and I wasn't his wife anymore. I was his cover story.
Then the insurance investigator showed up at my door.
Declan Cross didn't believe Grant was dead either.
"I know he's alive, Mrs. Bellamy. The question is what he owes, and to whom."
Every layer I peeled back was worse than the last.
The mistress wasn't a mistress. The will wasn't just fake. And the man my husband really owed?
He knows my name now.
Chapters
1.1
Chapter 1 — The Caterer Knew His Coffee Order — Part 1 of 2
505 words
1.2
Chapter 1 — The Caterer Knew His Coffee Order — Part 2 of 2
505 words
2.1
Chapter 2 — The Will Had a New Name on It — Part 1 of 2
629 words
2.2
Chapter 2 — The Will Had a New Name on It — Part 2 of 2
629 words
3.1
Chapter 3 — "I Know He's Alive." — Part 1 of 2
812 words
3.2
Chapter 3 — "I Know He's Alive." — Part 2 of 2
812 words
4.1
Chapter 4 — The Second Policy — Part 1 of 3
773 words
4.2
Chapter 4 — The Second Policy — Part 2 of 3
773 words
4.3
Chapter 4 — The Second Policy — Part 3 of 3
773 words
5.1
Chapter 5 — Nora Goes Hunting — Part 1 of 3
688 words
5.2
Chapter 5 — Nora Goes Hunting — Part 2 of 3
688 words
5.3
Chapter 5 — Nora Goes Hunting — Part 3 of 3
688 words
6.1
Chapter 6 — Consequences — Part 1 of 3
706 words
6.2
Chapter 6 — Consequences — Part 2 of 3
706 words
6.3
Chapter 6 — Consequences — Part 3 of 3
706 words
7.1
Chapter 7 — The Trap Nora Set — Part 1 of 3
904 words
7.2
Chapter 7 — The Trap Nora Set — Part 2 of 3
904 words
7.3
Chapter 7 — The Trap Nora Set — Part 3 of 3
904 words
8.1
Chapter 8 — Strategy — Part 1 of 2
975 words
8.2
Chapter 8 — Strategy — Part 2 of 2
975 words
9.1
Chapter 9 — Nora Strikes First — Part 1 of 3
694 words
9.2
Chapter 9 — Nora Strikes First — Part 2 of 3
694 words
9.3
Chapter 9 — Nora Strikes First — Part 3 of 3
694 words
10.1
Chapter 10 — The Funeral Home — Part 1 of 3
861 words
10.2
Chapter 10 — The Funeral Home — Part 2 of 3
861 words
10.3
Chapter 10 — The Funeral Home — Part 3 of 3
861 words
11.1
Chapter 11 — Nora Breaks Grant — Part 1 of 3
834 words
11.2
Chapter 11 — Nora Breaks Grant — Part 2 of 3
834 words
11.3
Chapter 11 — Nora Breaks Grant — Part 3 of 3
834 words
12.1
Chapter 12 — Declan's Choice — Part 1 of 3
680 words
12.2
Chapter 12 — Declan's Choice — Part 2 of 3
680 words
12.3
Chapter 12 — Declan's Choice — Part 3 of 3
680 words
13.1
Chapter 13 — The Policy on Her — Part 1 of 2
993 words
13.2
Chapter 13 — The Policy on Her — Part 2 of 2
993 words
14.1
Chapter 14 — Safe Distance — Part 1 of 3
796 words
14.2
Chapter 14 — Safe Distance — Part 2 of 3
796 words
14.3
Chapter 14 — Safe Distance — Part 3 of 3
796 words
15.1
Chapter 15 — The Truth and the Kiss — Part 1 of 3
801 words
15.2
Chapter 15 — The Truth and the Kiss — Part 2 of 3
801 words
15.3
Chapter 15 — The Truth and the Kiss — Part 3 of 3
801 words
16.1
Chapter 16 — Actually Gone — Part 1 of 2
637 words
16.2
Chapter 16 — Actually Gone — Part 2 of 2
637 words
17.1
Chapter 17 — Nora's Plan — Part 1 of 2
811 words
17.2
Chapter 17 — Nora's Plan — Part 2 of 2
811 words
18.1
Chapter 18 — The Recording — Part 1 of 3
944 words
18.2
Chapter 18 — The Recording — Part 2 of 3
944 words
18.3
Chapter 18 — The Recording — Part 3 of 3
944 words
19.1
Chapter 19 — The Person Who Never Existed — Part 1 of 3
672 words
19.2
Chapter 19 — The Person Who Never Existed — Part 2 of 3
672 words
19.3
Chapter 19 — The Person Who Never Existed — Part 3 of 3
672 words
20.1
Chapter 20 — Hale Was Just the Accountant — Part 1 of 3
806 words
20.2
Chapter 20 — Hale Was Just the Accountant — Part 2 of 3
806 words
20.3
Chapter 20 — Hale Was Just the Accountant — Part 3 of 3
806 words
21.1
Chapter 21 — The Letter — Part 1 of 2
908 words
21.2
Chapter 21 — The Letter — Part 2 of 2
908 words
22.1
Chapter 22 — Following the Money — Part 1 of 2
763 words
22.2
Chapter 22 — Following the Money — Part 2 of 2
763 words
23.1
Chapter 23 — The Name She Never Knew — Part 1 of 3
731 words
23.2
Chapter 23 — The Name She Never Knew — Part 2 of 3
731 words
23.3
Chapter 23 — The Name She Never Knew — Part 3 of 3
731 words
24.1
Chapter 24 — The Mother — Part 1 of 3
810 words
24.2
Chapter 24 — The Mother — Part 2 of 3
810 words
24.3
Chapter 24 — The Mother — Part 3 of 3
810 words
25.1
Chapter 25 — The Conversation — Part 1 of 2
959 words
25.2
Chapter 25 — The Conversation — Part 2 of 2
959 words
26.1
Chapter 26 — The Other Targets — Part 1 of 2
825 words
26.2
Chapter 26 — The Other Targets — Part 2 of 2
825 words
27.1
Chapter 27 — Nora's Answer — Part 1 of 2
956 words
27.2
Chapter 27 — Nora's Answer — Part 2 of 2
956 words
28.1
Chapter 28 — The Offer — Part 1 of 2
723 words
28.2
Chapter 28 — The Offer — Part 2 of 2
723 words
29.1
Chapter 29 — Grant's Last Card — Part 1 of 3
857 words
29.2
Chapter 29 — Grant's Last Card — Part 2 of 3
857 words
29.3
Chapter 29 — Grant's Last Card — Part 3 of 3
857 words
30.1
Chapter 30 — Building the Case — Part 1 of 3
715 words
30.2
Chapter 30 — Building the Case — Part 2 of 3
715 words
30.3
Chapter 30 — Building the Case — Part 3 of 3
715 words
31.1
Chapter 31 — Nora's Design — Part 1 of 2
901 words
31.2
Chapter 31 — Nora's Design — Part 2 of 2
901 words
32.1
Chapter 32 — The Preparation — Part 1 of 2
745 words
32.2
Chapter 32 — The Preparation — Part 2 of 2
745 words
33.1
Chapter 33 — The Reckoning — Part 1 of 3
1,159 words
33.2
Chapter 33 — The Reckoning — Part 2 of 3
1,159 words
33.3
Chapter 33 — The Reckoning — Part 3 of 3
1,159 words
34.1
Chapter 34 — After — Part 1 of 3
677 words
34.2
Chapter 34 — After — Part 2 of 3
677 words
34.3
Chapter 34 — After — Part 3 of 3
677 words
35.1
Chapter 35 — Tuesday — Part 1 of 2
793 words
35.2
Chapter 35 — Tuesday — Part 2 of 2
793 words
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