Two Can Keep a Secret

the Saturday before last

and the like.

Declan and Lacey had been fighting for weeks before she died.

That might be true, but if years of reading true-crime books and watching Dateline have taught me anything, it’s this: it’s always the boyfriend

I barely know my grandmother

And as far as investigating officers go, Ryan Rodriguez is disappointing. He keeps repeating the same questions

Sadie never liked talking about Sarah, no matter how hungry I was for information.

A few weeks after the photo was taken, Sarah disappeared.

There’s something deeply, fundamentally satisfying about confronting a monster and escaping unscathed.
Real monsters aren’t anything like that. They don’t let go.

When you come into the world with another person, they’re as much a part of you as your heartbeat.