Stacy mutters, “Fine.”
I’m about to say, “It’smywedding, and I can have what I want,” but I decide to keep quiet. There’s no need for a bridezilla when we’ve already got the other one.
Tayler sips her real champagne and says, “Don’t worry. He’ll get one look at her and he’ll forget about the hair.”
“True,” Kat says with a nod. “He’s going to freak.”
“I hope so.”
I lean back in my salon chair and let Stacy do her thing. The girls and I chat about random things for a while. That is until Kat brings up Gage. And Daisy––the woman who murdered Kara Becker. She’s also the woman Gage was seeing before he found out she was a killer.
“I guess I should tell you guys, Daisy Buchanan escaped from the mental health facility.” The one the court mandated her to for an indeterminate amount of time.
“When?” Tayler squeaks.
“A week ago Monday.”
“And?” Lindsay asks quickly. “Did they catch her?”
Kat nods. “She went back to her dad’s house. The new homeowners called the police.”
I knew he’d moved. He had to. “Where’s he living now?”
“He’s actually living in Daisy’s old apartment since he had to sell his house after Kara’s dad won his wrongful death suit against him.”
“I forgot about that,” Lindsay says softly. “He lost everything.”
“He’s also getting sued by his publisher,” Robbi says in her matter-of-fact tone. “The asshole.”
“How did she escape?” I ask, getting us back to the story at hand.
Kat sighs. “Apparently, she started up a relationship with a guy who delivers food to the facility. Since she helped out in the kitchen, they saw each other a lot. That’s how it started.”
“So, she tricked him too.” Robbi wasn’t asking. “Like she tricked Gage.”
“It seems to be the case. He believed she was being kept there wrongly, so he snuck her out in his delivery truck.”
“Where ishenow?” I ask.
“In police custody. There was surveillance video that recorded the whole thing. He confessed that he took her to his place, then returned the truck to his job. When he got back to his house, she was gone along with one of his vehicles. The police arrived at his place shortly after that.”
“How did they catch her?” Me again.
“She tried to get in using the old alarm code.” Kat pauses. “Here’s the kicker. As soon as the police arrived, she asked for Gage.”
“No. She. Didn’t.” I mean, how could she? She deceived him. Lied to him.
Kat nods. “Yep.”
“Then what happened?” Susannah asks from the edge of her seat.
“He talked to her at the station.”
“Alone?” Patsy squeaks.
“No. There were others with him, but they let him talk to her. She told him she still loved him.” Kat sounds defeated.
I feel like I need to say something. “But he lovesyou.”
