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.“Have you talked to Will? She and Lori Victor are actually sisters and she’s not related to that Simon guy? Lori implied those two were lovers and that they kept up the ruse of being siblings so he could be around her and they could still siphon money from Patrick.And by the way, I think Annalise was there at the winery last night when Lori and Barry took out the last load of wine.That’s probably why her hairpin was there.”“That’s interesting.I didn’t see that one coming.”“Neither did I! This is all really twisted and convoluted.Have you been able to find Annalise?”“Not yet.They aren’t at her home in Ames.I wish I’d known that before today.”“Well, if they didn’t steal the wine and they didn’t kill Bruce Victor, maybe they’re just two young lovers who got caught up in something they couldn’t control,” she said.“It’s bad timing.”“For Patrick.This will kill him.He was set up from the very beginning.Those two women planned to get his money.No one expected him to reinvest in a winery in the middle of Iowa.”Polly held the phone away from her ear and said to Henry, “Do you know where Patrick lives in Ames?”He nodded and she said back to Aaron.“We’re going over to his house.I want to make sure he’s okay.”Henry picked his hands up from the steering wheel and slammed them back down.“No we’re not.”Aaron chuckled on the other end of the phone call.“Tell Henry that when you’re done in Ames, I want to hear everything you’ve uncovered.Lydia and I will pick Seth up and then I need to get to Boone and deal with the county’s new residents.”Polly swiped to end the phone call and looked over at Henry.“Please? If Annalise is gone, he’ll need support.And someone is going to have to tell him the truth of what he’s been dealing with.J.J.and Ryan are the last people he’ll want to hear from - it will destroy their relationship.It might as well be someone he respects and if you don’t want to do it, then it should be your wife.”“I’ve been married to you for less than twenty-four hours and now I have spiking pains shooting through my head,” he said.“Why does this have to be our problem?”“You heard J.J.They need you.And right now Patrick is in a mess.”“You are a worse busybody than Lydia, by far.”Polly patted his hand.“But you love me.”“I don’t love this.I don’t love this at all.”“Fine then,” she said.“Go back to Sycamore House.I’ll drop you and Obiwan off and drive to Ames by myself.I’m not going to let him do this alone and I’m fine with you staying in town.”He glared at her.“No.Really.I’m not mad at you or anything.I’ll go.”Henry drove straight through Bellingwood, ignoring the Sycamore House entrance.“I’m going, I’m going.This really is how it’s going to be, isn’t it.”“See, before we were married, you could just go home and ignore all of my bad behavior.Now you have to know everything.” She gave him an evil grin.“It will always be entertaining.”“I really do love you, but you’re going to wear me out,” he said.“I think I’m going to be very glad that my business has so many clients.I can’t be part of this every day.”“The worst thing is,” she said.“I have more confidence when you’re around.I don’t think I’d have cornered Lori Victor if you weren’t there, but I knew I was totally safe, so I just did it.”“Great.I’m an enabler.Don’t tell Aaron about that, okay?”Henry drove up to a beautiful home and Polly was surprised to see Patrick sitting on the front steps, his head in his hands.He was dressed in sweats and running shoes.“You go,” she said to Henry.“I’ll be right behind you.”Henry scowled at her, then opened his door and called out, “Hey, Patrick.What are you doing out here?”The young man looked up at the two of them, streaks of tears still evident on his cheeks.“I don’t want to talk about it,” he said.“That’s what they all say, but truth is, you want to get it out there.” Henry sat down on the steps beside him.“She’s gone,” Patrick moaned.“She took everything.”“What do you mean?”Patrick handed Henry a piece of paper.He read it and handed it up to Polly.This isn’t going to work.Simon and I are leaving.I’m selling the house.Don’t look for me, you’ll never find me.And by the way, you’re a fool.No one loves you.Lori and I played your ass.I put up with your whiny behavior long enough.It’s never going to get better.You’re never going to be successful in this dirthole of a state.I hate it here, I hate your friends, I hate the winery, and I hate everything about you.When you sign the divorce papers, you can get your things out of the house.Everything else is mine and is going up for auction.If that’s all the money I can get from you, it will be enough for me to get out from under you and your awful life.“Wow,” Polly said.“She can sell the house?”“We had a pre-nup, but I paid cash for the place and she said that it should be in her name in case anything happened to me.That way the boys couldn’t get their hands on it.It made sense at the time, but I didn’t expect this.I have no place to live and I’m not going to my dad’s home.Maybe J.J.or Ryan …” He dropped his head.“Damn, I don’t want to hear it from them.”Polly walked away from the two of them and heard Henry speaking quietly to Patrick.She made a call.“I’m getting ready for a wedding, Polly,” Jeff said when he answered.“I know [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]