Myrtle nodded. “But what if we took Jo at her word? What if she did genuinely want to get back together with Victor. She was separated from him, but was longing to fix their marriage. But then he started seeing someone.”
didMiles said, “Wouldn’t that mean she’d want to kill the woman Victor was seeing? Instead of Victor, himself?”
“Perhaps not. Maybe she viewed Victor’s perfidy as real treachery. He deserted her. He started investing his love in someone else.”
Miles tilted his head to one side. “I believe you’ve watched too many soap operas.” He glanced from the kitchen across his living room and frowned. Grabbing a brightly colored microfiber cloth from under the kitchen sink, he swooped down to eliminate a few specks of dust that had the temerity to settle there.
Myrtle rolled her e
