*Chloe*

I stood there in the basement staring at Alexander like he’d just grown a second head. I couldn’t believe my ears.

“I need your help to hide the body,” he repeated as if that made the words clearer in my mind.

I put my hands together in a T formation and shook my head. “Whoa, hold on a minute here. Time out. Why are we hiding the body at all? Shouldn’t we call the police? I mean, don’t they have to come out and decide it was a justifiable homicide ...