Mr. Lowell was a solid citizen who’d married beneath him. Many believed if things had been so bad his wife could have left; instead she’d turned to murder. When Melba was indicted, the first person Suzanne wanted to see was Rick so they set up a meeting place—the old red barn on one of the properties the Fulfords were trying to sell. Suzanne arrived first and waited. When she heard footsteps she turned around. “He’s not coming,” her father said with a cold smile. Goose bumps scurried up her arms. “What do you mean?” she said, shocked to see her father standing there. “Don’t play coy with me. I know what you’ve been up to these last couple of months and that’s fine. Just like young men sow their oats before they settle down, every young woman should have a chance to become experienced, too, before she marries. But summer’s almost over and that time is up.” “Dad—” “This trial is going to be dirty and I would hate it to spill over in unnecessary ways. I know that Rick used to go by a lot of young ladies’ houses, if you want to call them that.
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