The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

McNeil didn't turn his phone back on until the next day.

As soon as the screen lit up, he saw over a dozen missed calls-all from the local police department.

"Is this Mr. Langford?" The voice on the other end was clipped and official.

McNeil's reply was cool, almost detached. "Yes. What's this about?"

"In the early hours of this morning, we found the body of a young woman on Westchester Avenue. The ID number is "

The officer rattled off a long string of digits. With every number, McNeil felt his chest tighten, his pulse pounding louder in his ears.

"The deceased is Victoria. We discovered her frozen body inside a Ferrari. There are indications she was assaulted and disfigured before she died. Mr. Langford, I'm afraid you'll need to prepare yourself. We'd like you to come down to the station and help with identification."

As the officer finished speaking, McNeil felt the blood in his veins turn to ice.

A Ferrari. The ID number. Victoria.

"No. That's-not-possible."

in a blizzard, not her. Even if the name and car matched, he still refused to believe

officer right away. After hanging up, he dialed

at least ten times, but his phone had

trying to

adrenaline shot to his head, leaving

His ears rang so loudly he barely registered Violet's voice beside him -he couldn't even tell where she was in

cold to

voice was steady, calm—the result of a full night's

I'm alright, you should

a plan to Gwyneth: distract the nurse, sneak a mouthful of water laced with syrup, and spit it up convincingly

Gwyneth had phoned McNeil. Everyone knew Victoria would make a scene—she always did-but Violet had

numb, dialing back over and over. The

can't be dead. He refused to believe

about Violet-how could someone so vibrant just

station," he managed, his voice shaky, his hand trembling as he grabbed

Violet stared, confused.

said they found

Echo City International Airport

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