“She told me Kenneth had proposed to her too.”
The ballroom became silent.
I looked at Kenneth.
“When?”
Rachel answered.
“While he was engaged to you.”
My chest tightened.
“Where is she?”
Rachel didn’t answer immediately.
That frightened me.
“Rachel.”
“She disappeared three months ago.”
Patricia suddenly grabbed her purse.
My attorney noticed.
“Mrs. Walker, please remain here.”
“I’m leaving.”
“No.”
Two security guards moved toward the doors.
Patricia’s face turned white.
I looked at Rachel.
“What happened to Melissa?”
“I don’t know.”
“Then why are you here?”
Rachel reached into the bottom of her purse.
She pulled out a sealed envelope.
“Because Melissa mailed this to me two days before she disappeared.”
My name was written across the front.
Laura.
I stared at it.
“She knew about me?”
Rachel nodded.
“She knew everything.”
I tore open the envelope.
Inside was a photograph of Kenneth standing outside my house.
