“He’s going to kill me next,” Rachel sobbed, clutching Emily’s arm. “Marcus thinks I told Lily everything. I didn’t! I loved Jason, but I’m not a murderer. I saw Jason push her, Emily. I was in the car outside. I saw it through the window.”
The trial of Marcus Vane became a media circus that eclipsed Jason’s. Rachel turned state’s evidence, admitting that the affair was a calculated move to control Jason’s finances. Emily sat in the front row, wearing Lily’s locket, watching as the “pillars of the community” crumbled one fir by one.
Jason, testifying from prison in hopes of a reduced sentence, tried to look Emily in the eye. He looked like a man who had realized he was nothing more than a pawn in a game he wasn’t smart enough to play.
When the verdict came down—guilty on all counts—Emily didn’t cheer. She walked out of the courthouse and went straight to the cemetery.
