One More Truth (HIDDEN SECRETS TRILOGY #3) by Stina Lindenblatt EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Stina Lindenblatt
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JESSICA
August, Present Day
Maple Ridge
The great French dramatist Jean Racine once claimed there are no
secrets that time does not reveal. I don’t know how true the quote is, but I
do know my secret, the most important one I’ve been trying to hide, is now
public knowledge.
I stare dumbfoundedly at the back of the newspaper in Troy’s hand. The
ramifications of Cora’s article about my former life as Savannah Townsend
twist in my head like a deadly cyclone, uprooting my emotions, uprooting
my life. The article reveals that I’d spent time in Beckley State Correctional
Institution, a maximum-security prison for women. It includes a recent
photo of me with bottle-blond hair and scars on my face.
An hour ago, I was in Violet Wilson’s house, fearing for my life. My
hand goes to my sore neck. The FBI had descended on Violet’s house and
found Officer Dunbar squeezing the life from me, his arm clutched around
my neck. They shot him.
And now I’m sitting in Troy’s ER room, on the chair next to his bed,
waiting for news on his shoulder. He had reinjured it during a fight for his
life.
Zara and Garrett are with us. Zara’s perfectly shaped black eyebrows
pinch together, her frown directed at the newspaper.
I push to my feet and move to stand next to Troy. I glare at the article in
question, wishing this was just a bad dream. That I’ll wake up in a few
minutes and none of this is happening. Troy and Garrett won’t look as if
they’ve been traipsing through the forest. Troy’s face and navy T-shirt aren’t
smudged with dirt.
A reporter. For the past several weeks…all the questions. I’d thought
Olivia’s sister had just wanted to get to know me better. Turns out she was
preparing to write an exposé. Informing the world I now live in a small,
mountainous Oregon town.
Informing everyone in Maple Ridge about my dark past and my shame.
How long will it take before more people in Maple Ridge see the
article? How long before they piece together that the woman in the photo is
me?
Cora didn’t mention that my new name is Jessica Smithson. What she
had done was explain that Savannah Townsend, widow of Officer Wayne
Townsend, had been released four months ago from the California prison
after new blood evidence came to life. Evidence proving I wasn’t the one
who pulled the trigger that killed my late husband.
The article talks about how I’m slowly piecing my life back together.
I’ve been quoted a few times, each quote taken out of context. Some of my
comments originally had to do with the With Hope Festival—a festival
Troy’s organizing to help individuals in the area who struggle with PTSD
and their families. Not once during her time here have I spoken to Cora
about my own experience with PTSD.
Not once have I talked to her about my time in prison or about my
abusive husband.
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