“TELL US EVERYTHING you know about the day Tanner Mathis died,” Mel demanded.
“You don’t want to know what I know about that day, trust me.”
Mel was pretty sure she knew what was coming. “You’d be surprised to know what I’ve already pieced together.”
Walters looked away from Mel and studied Janet’s face for several long seconds. Speaking directly to her, he said, “She can’t say I didn’t warn her.”
Turning back to Mel, he told her directly, “Eunice actually killed Tanner Mathis. Horace was protecting her by taking the rap. I knew Horace was protecting her because he has been all along, for years.”
Mel sat back in the heavy metal chair and folded her arms across her chest. She sucked in a gulp of air and blew it out. “Because of blackmail?”
“Had to be. She didn’t have any money of her
