Chapter Five
A long night of rain gave way to the white morning moon against a crystal blue sunny sky. The grounds of the estate looked sparkling.
Brett looked out the bedroom window to a lawn that seemed to go on forever, at least to the cliffs that dropped down to the ocean. Between those cliffs and the house there was a manicured garden, flanked by rows of perfectly shaped trees. Rosebushes lined a long stone walk that led to a bright blue swimming pool, partially blocked from sight by an enormous hedge. Watching from the pleasant perch of the window, she saw Jenny, the Judge’s wife, skip along the stone path, and disappear behind the thick green foliage near the pool.
“Anyone see you?” Victor asked the breathless Jenny, when she entered the small alcove defined by the manicured shru
