“Emily,” she said, “Diane has asked for an attorney.”
Emily nodded.
She did not know what else to do.
“Paul made a statement,” Detective Ward added.
Emily looked up.
“What kind of statement?”
The detective hesitated.
“He says he did not know about the call to Cole Whitaker. But he did know Diane had been trying to stop the marriage.”
Emily’s mother made a sharp sound.
“Stop it how?”
Detective Ward opened another page.
There were printed emails.
Messages.
One bank withdrawal.
“She believed Nathan had changed his will,” the detective said.
Emily stared.
“He did not have money like that.”
“Not money,” Detective Ward said. “A life insurance policy through work. And the house he bought before you met. He updated beneficiary paperwork two weeks before the wedding.”
Emily remembered that errand.
Nathan had come home with takeout and a manila envelope.
He had kissed the top of her head and said, “Boring grown-up stuff is done. We are officially responsible people.”
