Derek had somehow accessed the police report, autopsy findings, and photos from Brian’s suicide scene, including a copy of the note he’d left for Kat.
The guy may have married the woman of Matt’s dreams, but it was still heartbreaking to read his final words. Brian didn’t give specifics, but he eluded to the fact that their marriage was a sham. Said stuff about not being able to be himself, leading a life that wasn’t his…living a lie.
Brian never once blamed Kat, though. In fact, by all accounts, Anderson truly did care about her. Just not the way a husband should care for his wife.
Was it possible? Was Kat’s husband…gay?
Grabbing his phone, he called Derek. As he waited for the Alpha Team tech genius to answer, Matt wondered if he was on to something, or simply conjuring up things that weren’t really there.
He knew what he’d found was purely circumstantial. People killed themselves every day for all sorts of reasons, but fuck. It all made sense.
The fake smiles, the closeness oozing off Brian and Chad in those photos…the incredible tightness Matt had felt while trying to work himself into Kat’s pussy less than an hour ago.
At the time, all he could think about was how incredible her snug body felt. But now? Christ, was it possible she and her husband had never even had sex?
I never date.
Oh shit. Matt ran a hand over his jaw. Could it be? Could Kat really have gone without having sex with anyone since…
Me.
He shook those thoughts away. Getting ahead of himself wasn’t going to help the situation. He needed to concentrate on one insanity at a time.
“Miss me so soon?” Derek answered with a smile Matt couldn’t see.
“What do you know about Chad Winthrop?”
There was a pause and then, “I take it you read Katherine’s file.”
“I did. And unless I’m seeing shit that isn’t there…”
“You’re not.”
Matt swallowed hard. “Brian Anderson was gay, wasn’t he? That’s why he ate a bullet.”
Derek cleared his throat. “Kat’s husband and Chad Winthrop were lovers for nearly two years before Anderson and Kat got married.”
Derek’s answer shouldn’t have taken him by surprise, but it did. “So their marriage was, what? A cover?”
“Kat will have to answer that one. All I can tell you is what I found in Chad’s deleted social media files.”
“Which was?”
“Pictures. Several, in fact. It was clear he and Brian were much more than mere colleagues or friends. And according to the electronic footprint I followed, they were all deleted on the same day…a week before Brian and Kat announced their engagement.”
What the hell?
Derek gave him a moment to process before asking, “You think Kat knew?”
“Yeah,” Matt nodded. “I think she knew. What I don’t understand is why she’d marry a guy knowing he was gay.”
“Like I said, you’ll have to ask her that.”
“Don’t worry,” Matt assured him. “I plan to.”
By the time he’d finished combing through the rest of the documents, he was pretty sure he knew the answer. And it pissed him the hell off all over again.
Chapter 8
