Page 75 of Fever Dream

“Who?”Alice asks.“Who are they investigating?”

“I have no idea.”I set the phone in the cradle.“She said something about dropping the charges.”

“What about it?”

“She said it would be a lot of money.”

“How much?”

“I don’t know.I told her I’d go to the police.It felt like a setup, like a trap.”

“So what are you going to do?”

“I don’t know.”