what Julie was up to. As she trailed after her, the woman continued to stare hard at her phone. She wasn't texting, or playing a game, it was almost as if she was looking at a map.
Bekki crept close enough to her to catch a glimpse of the app she was looking at. It was a map, with a blinking red icon. It looked like a GPS. Bekki hung back, not wanting Julie to realize she was there. She followed Julie all the way to the edge of the lake. When the woman paused, Bekki did too, a few feet away. She ducked behind a bush, and looked past Julie at the water.
A very tall and handsome man stood at the edge of the water with his hands shoved deep into his pockets. He was dwarfed by the lake spreading out before him, making him appear quite young and vulnerable. No one stood with him, and he didn't seem to be in any hurry to turn away from the natural beauty. His shoulders were slumped. Bekki was a little too far away to be sure, but she thought they were trembling. Bekki realized that Julie must have been using a tracking app. It was probably linked to Dan's phone.
"Daniel," Julie said as she stepped up behind him. Bekki's nostrils flared with anger as she realized that the woman who she suspected had killed Daniel's mother was about to embrace him.
"Julie," he said with surprise as he spun around to face her. "What are you doing here?" he frowned, his eyes narrowed. He did not seem terribly happy to see her.
"I heard about your mother," she said quietly and stepped a little closer to him. "I'm so sorry, Daniel, I know how deeply you loved her. I just didn't want you to be alone at a time like this,” she reached out and gently grasped his forearm.
Dan's expression hardened as he studied her. It was clear that whatever problems had arose in their marriage were not ones he was willing to forgive. However, in the next moment Julie slid her arms around his waist and hugged him, pressing her body close.
"Please Daniel, I know this past year has been difficult, I know that you hate me, but don't shut me out now. I know you need someone," she purred her words and looked up at him pleadingly.
Bekki shuddered with disgust as she thought about what she believed this woman had done to Lydia, and now she was heartless enough to try to offer comfort to her son? Dan didn't have any idea that his mother's death had been anything other than suicide, however, and certainly no notion that his soon to be ex-wife could have somehow been involved. So he hugged her in return, and rested his chin against the top of her perfectly coiffed head.
"Julie, I just don't understand it. If she was upset about something, why didn't she just come to me? Why didn't she just ask for help?"
Julie sighed and closed her eyes as she hugged him tighter. "That's something we may never know Dan. She was a good woman, but she held a lot of things inside. Maybe she had her own secrets."
"Maybe," Dan nodded a little. "But it still seems so impossible."
Bekki leaned her head back against the side of a canoe shelter as she listened to their conversation. She wanted to jump out and accuse Julie right then, but she remembered what Nick said. There was still a possibility that Julie had nothing to do with Lydia's death at all. But why was she in town, before Dan arrived? Was it still possible that something she had said during a visit with Lydia had upset her to such a degree that Lydia had decided to kill herself? As she watched Dan's large frame envelop the rather petite Julie, another damning thought occurred to Bekki. If Julie did kill Lydia, how did she get her body up and into the noose? She didn't look strong enough to pull off something like that. Bekki decided it was time to return to the scene of the crime, and start from the beginning again. But she needed to make sure she did so on her own.
As she was walking back towards the bakery she stopped short. Nick's car was parked in front of it. Bekki ducked behind a building, hoping that he hadn't seen her, doing
Bekki crept close enough to her to catch a glimpse of the app she was looking at. It was a map, with a blinking red icon. It looked like a GPS. Bekki hung back, not wanting Julie to realize she was there. She followed Julie all the way to the edge of the lake. When the woman paused, Bekki did too, a few feet away. She ducked behind a bush, and looked past Julie at the water.
A very tall and handsome man stood at the edge of the water with his hands shoved deep into his pockets. He was dwarfed by the lake spreading out before him, making him appear quite young and vulnerable. No one stood with him, and he didn't seem to be in any hurry to turn away from the natural beauty. His shoulders were slumped. Bekki was a little too far away to be sure, but she thought they were trembling. Bekki realized that Julie must have been using a tracking app. It was probably linked to Dan's phone.
"Daniel," Julie said as she stepped up behind him. Bekki's nostrils flared with anger as she realized that the woman who she suspected had killed Daniel's mother was about to embrace him.
"Julie," he said with surprise as he spun around to face her. "What are you doing here?" he frowned, his eyes narrowed. He did not seem terribly happy to see her.
"I heard about your mother," she said quietly and stepped a little closer to him. "I'm so sorry, Daniel, I know how deeply you loved her. I just didn't want you to be alone at a time like this,” she reached out and gently grasped his forearm.
Dan's expression hardened as he studied her. It was clear that whatever problems had arose in their marriage were not ones he was willing to forgive. However, in the next moment Julie slid her arms around his waist and hugged him, pressing her body close.
"Please Daniel, I know this past year has been difficult, I know that you hate me, but don't shut me out now. I know you need someone," she purred her words and looked up at him pleadingly.
Bekki shuddered with disgust as she thought about what she believed this woman had done to Lydia, and now she was heartless enough to try to offer comfort to her son? Dan didn't have any idea that his mother's death had been anything other than suicide, however, and certainly no notion that his soon to be ex-wife could have somehow been involved. So he hugged her in return, and rested his chin against the top of her perfectly coiffed head.
"Julie, I just don't understand it. If she was upset about something, why didn't she just come to me? Why didn't she just ask for help?"
Julie sighed and closed her eyes as she hugged him tighter. "That's something we may never know Dan. She was a good woman, but she held a lot of things inside. Maybe she had her own secrets."
"Maybe," Dan nodded a little. "But it still seems so impossible."
Bekki leaned her head back against the side of a canoe shelter as she listened to their conversation. She wanted to jump out and accuse Julie right then, but she remembered what Nick said. There was still a possibility that Julie had nothing to do with Lydia's death at all. But why was she in town, before Dan arrived? Was it still possible that something she had said during a visit with Lydia had upset her to such a degree that Lydia had decided to kill herself? As she watched Dan's large frame envelop the rather petite Julie, another damning thought occurred to Bekki. If Julie did kill Lydia, how did she get her body up and into the noose? She didn't look strong enough to pull off something like that. Bekki decided it was time to return to the scene of the crime, and start from the beginning again. But she needed to make sure she did so on her own.
As she was walking back towards the bakery she stopped short. Nick's car was parked in front of it. Bekki ducked behind a building, hoping that he hadn't seen her, doing
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