Page 72 of Misdirection

He was considering it.

In the meantime, she had another issue to address.

She leaned closer. “I know you were in the SCI corridor the day Beau died.”

Jason blinked with confusion. “What?”

“I saw the real video—the unedited one. You were there after Beau entered the corridor and before I came.”

He shook his head, a wrinkle of confusion on his forehead. “No, I wasn’t.”

More denial? This was getting old.

She let her head fall to the side. “Jason, I saw the video.”

“Well, the video is wrong. I didn’t go down that corridor.” He paused. “I want to see this footage you’re talking about.”

Olive hesitated before finding it on her phone and showing him.

He watched it, his gaze flickering as he did.

When it finished, he looked up at her. His nostrils flared slightly, and his brown eyes were like a dark, swirling abyss.

“Where did you get this?” The words almost sounded like a growl.

“That’s not important.”

“I’d say it is! This makes me look guilty. It’s been tampered with.”

Loki whined and nudged himself closer as if sensing the tension in the air.

“Why do you say that?” Olive asked.

His gaze burned into her. “Because I wasn’t in the corridor that day. Someone created that video to make me look guilty. Someone is trying to set me up.”

CHAPTER 30

Olive stared at Jason, wanting to believe him. He appeared to be telling the truth.

But if he was . . . that meant someone really had set him up.

“Do you believe me?” Caution still edged Jason’s voice.

She swallowed hard as she considered her words. Then she nodded. “I do.”

“Good. Then I won’t ask you to explain where you got that video.”

She hadn’t planned on explaining anyway. But she didn’t say those words aloud.

It was clear someone was trying to set Jason up. Now she needed to figure out who.

Adriana had quickly moved up on her suspect list.

Olive licked her lips before asking, “When did you say Adriana is supposed to return home from her trip?”

“Tomorrow morning.” Jason stared at her, an unreadable look in his eyes.

“Are you picking her up at the airport?”

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