I reached out to Libby before thinking, covering Grace's hand with mine in a pyramid of female support while wondering how I could have ever thought the clearly terrified young woman could have been a murder suspect. How had I missed the obvious signs of buried horror, the reflexive retreat like a build-in flinch from life? Because I'd been set on blaming someone for the death of Faith so I could move on already.
Huh. Not like me to treat murder so lightly. I really either had to choose to back away from the death game or commit totally. Wait, was that Dad's problem with me? Why he didn't share? Because I wouldn't commit to his business? I felt my insides shrivel slightly while I spoke up in an attempt to reassure the scared and ready to rabbit Libby/Eve.
"Malcolm is my problem," I said, knowing now why he'd been here. Not for me, but that business he mentioned. Libby. Eve. Damn it, not in my town. "Let me deal with him."
She stared at me, wide-eyed. "You know him?"