Page 119 of A Forgotten Mistake

“I don’t know. I assume she didn’t know until now. I’m not sure what gave it away, but something did.”

My phone starts ringing and I see that it’s Matthew calling. I accept the call, assuming he has something of use to say.

“I just heard that you identified the killer as a woman named Sadie Williamson?” Matthew asks.

“Yeah. You have something useful?” I ask.

“Uhh… that’s Jesse’s ex-girlfriend. I think maybe you should call him?”

“So that’s how she got the information about Christa’s autopsy,” I realize.

“Wouldn’t she have had access to it?” Gabriel asks. “She should have reached out and gotten it as a close family member.”

“My bet is that when she was young, she probably didn’t catch the issue. So maybe she was just curious to see if Jesse’s access would have shown more and pulled it up one day while he stepped away.”

“Probably. I can look to see if she ever requested the autopsy herself,” Matthew says.

“Thanks for actually being of use for once.”

“I’m always fucking useful!”

I hang up on him before he gets too big of a head and quickly call Jesse.

“Joyous day, Liam’s calling me,” Jesse grumbles.

“Have you heard what’s going on?”

“You’re getting fired?”

“Not yet. This department would crumble without me. We found the woman who is suspected of killing Steven, Mitch, Cameron and his wife Jessica, and now a new man named Anthony. Her name is Sadie Williamson.”

“No… you’re fucking with me. Sadie? You’re telling me fuckingSadieis off… killing people? She and I dated for like six months. She’s literally the nicest person I’ve ever met. Are you sure you’re not wrong? Or maybe it’s a different Sadie?”

“She ever get a chance to look at your database? Or did you pull the file on her sister for her?” I ask.

“I didn’t know she had a sister. Who’s her sister? One of the women I pulled for you this morning?”

“Margaret Williamson, but her middle name was Christine and she went by Christa.”

Jesse is quiet for a moment. “Oh fuck. She realized the same thing you did, Liam. Oh fuck…”

“We’re headed to her house right now,” I say.

“Okay… I’m coming… wait… she has another place. It was her parents’ lake house off Eagle Reserve. She told me she got it when they passed.”

“Which place do you think she’d have gone?” I ask.

“I mean, if she thinks there’s any possibility you’d have figured out who she is, she’d go to the lake house. I think it’s still in her grandma’s name. She’s not a fucking killer. She’s… I just… are you sure it’s her?”

“Matthew seemed to recognize her, probably saw her picture when looking up the name. Had he met her before? Or just knew her name?”

“No… he stopped by one time when she was over… fuck. Fuck… let me send you the info. I don’t know the actual address, but I can get you in the right direction.”

TWENTY-SEVEN

Liam

With Jesse’s directions, we’re able to locate the exact address of the lake house. Michaels splits the team, sending half to Sadie’s house and the other half to the lake house that Gabriel and I choose to head to.

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