“Ambulance.”
“It was her. It was Gina. She killed those women, and her husband. She was trying to kill me.”
“I know. She injected you with insulin. Probably how she killed the others, too.”
“She thought I had an affair with Edwin.”
“What?”
“That’s why she did it. She told me he had affairs with the others, so she killed them. And I was the last one. She killed him to make sure of it.”
“Why would she think that?”
“I didn’t, Theo. I swear—”
He gently placed a finger on my lips. “No. I know you didn’t. That’s not what I mean. Do you know what made her think you did?”
“He painted my portrait. She said he painted the others, too. But I don’t know if he actually had an affair with any of them.”
He shook his head and touched my face. “I’m so glad you’re all right.”
“How did they find me?”
“You’re not going to believe this,” Theo said, “but it started with Sean.”
“Sean? How?”
“He came to practice. God, it was just this afternoon, but it feels like it was a week ago. Anyway, he saw Gina parked outsidehis house a few times and thought it was weird. Like she might be stalking you or something. He didn’t want to bug you, but he thought you should know. So he told me.”
“That was good of him.”
“It was. He did the right thing, I gotta give him that. So when I got your message that you’d gone to the gallery, I knew something wasn’t right. I looked everywhere for you. Luke broke into the gallery, but don’t tell Garrett. I even broke into Gina’s house.”
“Did you really?”
He cracked a smile. “Through a window. But you weren’t there. You were at that Curt guy’s house. Somehow she roped him into helping her.”
“I remember them arguing. It sounded like she had dirt on him. She threatened him if he wouldn’t do what she said—something about his computer and going to prison.”
“I’m sure Garrett and his crew will figure it out. We found Curt driving your car. He caved pretty quick and admitted where you were. That’s how we found you.”
Tears stung my eyes. “I thought I was going to die.”
“Yeah, I was worried about that, too. I’ve never been so scared in my entire life.”
“You said we. We found you. Were you there?”
He nodded again, pain and worry flashing across his face. “Yeah, I was with Garrett. Once he got Curt to admit where you were, we got there as fast as we could. You were unconscious on the floor.”
“Oh, Theo.”
“I thought you might be…you know.”
A few tears broke free and trailed down my cheeks. “You saved me?”
I didn’t know why that surprised me so much. But I’d never had someone in my life who would go to such lengths for me. Who would even notice if I was gone.
“Of course I did. Pen, I—”
