Lorena
I stood slowly. What was he doing here? On my last day at the resort, I gave him a hundred thousand dollars. For his help and his silence.
I looked at Marcus. I never told anyone I had help. Keone was my alibi, he corroborated my story that Nicolas slipped and fell from the cliff during our hike.
“Hello, Lori.” I flinched at the nickname he insisted on using while I was in Hawaii.
“What… What are you doing here?”
“I came to see you. You said if I eas ever was on the mainland to look you up, well, here I am.”
“Rena, do you know this man?” Mama asked in Russian.
“Yes, he was there when Nick died. His report on the incident cleared me.”
Sasha and Alexi stood then. And even though Marcus, Sandy, Sierra, and Rebecca had no clue what we were saying, I was sure they could feel
