Chapter 4

The three dots disappeared.

Then one of Owen’s cousins replied.

Is the date correct? You moved Naomi’s things before the funeral?

Owen held out his hand. “Give me your phone.”

“No.”

“Delete the picture. This is a private matter.”

“It stopped being private when Vivienne told your family I gave her our bedroom.”

Vivienne came farther into the hallway, still wearing my robe. “It was only a moving list. Owen was trying to make things easier.”

“For whom?”

Another message appeared.

Owen, did Naomi agree to any of this?

I waited.

Owen rubbed a hand over his face. “Everyone is…