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Emily Jenkins's husband, Kenton, expects her to be at his beck and call every minute of the day, and she is getting tired of this life, but would she resort to murder?

Carol Butler is married to Emily's cousin, Damon. She thinks Damon is cheating on her with a woman he and Kenton helped move from Knoxville to Nashville. Damon swears the woman is gay, but Carol is not convinced. How far will she go to learn the truth?

Detectives Janice Carter and Harold Jones are called to a scene at the Jenkins' home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. Kenton Jenkins is found dead in his pool. It could have been an accident, but their instincts tell them it was murder.

There are no obvious clues, and the only two people who could be suspects have airtight alibis.  At the same time, other people could be responsible, who had a motive, and how will it be proven with no evidence to tie them to the scene?

Kenton Jenkins had secrets that no one suspected. Were those secrets enough to get him murdered?

Treacherous Secrets

Emily woke with a start. There was a body next to her, a male body. She had been having a nightmare about Kenton. He was holding her down and hurting her. She sat straight up in bed. 


Mario sat up next to her. "What's wrong?" he asked, wide awake and looking around the room for an intruder. 


"Sorry," she said and dropped her head in her hands. "I was having a nightmare." 


Mario put his arm around her and pulled her back down on his chest. With his arm around her back, he held her tightly to him. "It's okay. I'm here." 


Emily laid her head on his chest, the way she had last night when they had been watching a movie together. She had never felt safer. She wished that she could regain that feeling now, but in the light of day, the reality of all that she had to face loomed over her. She was going to have to face Kenton and confront him about what she had heard. He was going to deny everything, she knew, but she still had to let him know that she was on to his lies. 


Chapter Nine