章 67: Ticking Time Bomb

Lila

By lunchtime she was beginning to wonder if any of them would make it through this day. As expected, the media had taken the disappearance of Becky Hanson and run with it. They didn't yet know that she was dead—and Lila still held out hope that Dane's one theory, that his father might be feeding them false information to shake them up—was right. But in truth, she doubted it. Becky had been under a lot of pressure since Dane's press conference. No doubt that pressure came from the sides the press didn't know about, too.

During staff meeting that morning, as Chris briefed the staff on what they could say publicly—that Becky had disappeared, that they would speak to Police and offer anything that was needed, that Dane would give a statement today—Dane had exploded.

"I'm not giving a statement, I'm sending a statement out. A written statement!"

Chris had frowned. "Yes, we know."