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Think, Maddie. Think. What are you missing?

She opened her eyes and straightened.

Wait . . . Cruel intentions? Jeepers creepers. I know what you did that summer?

Those were all titles—or plays on the titles—of some of her favorite nineties movies. Was that a coincidence?

It couldn’t be.

Had she ever posted on social media that she liked nineties flicks? She didn’t think so, but she couldn’t be sure.

Who on this trip knew she loved movies from back then?

No one except Josh.

A lump formed in her throat at the thought.

He couldn’t be behind this . . . right?

But she had seen him inspecting the side-by-side before they took off.

Would he have sabotaged the tires and risked his own safety? Then jumped out, hoping Maddie would be hurt?

She’d scolded herself for the ridiculous thoughts.

But maybe she shouldn’t.

After all, what better way to build sympathy toward board members than by having something happen to his fiancée?

Despite the warm breeze brushing through the open-air lobby, her blood went cold.

Did Josh think hurting her would ultimately get him the job he wanted? He still hadn’t even mentioned to her that he wasn’t a shoo-in, that Nico was also being considered.

If not Josh, how would someone else have found out what movies she liked?

So many questions flooded her mind.

Maddie had to get to the bottom of this.

It was more important now than ever.

At the thought, goosebumps popped up all over her arms.

There it was . . . that feeling again.

The sense that she was being watched.

As she scanned the lobby again, she didn’t see any eyes on her. But there were lots of people mingling here.

Her blood went cold when she realized that someone near her right now could be trying to harm her.

CHAPTER

TWENTY

This has been more fun than I thought.

I’ve loved watching the panic and horror on people’s faces.

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