Welcome to Case Closed.

You're listening to The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins,

narrated by Emily Schaefer, Lauren Fortgang, and Kirby Haybourne.

Let's pick up where we left off last time.

Part 9, Jane.

Chapter 29

It must be the stupidest thing I've ever done, going to trip Ingram's house.

And that's really saying something for me.

He's been charged with murder.

I am willingly going to an accused murderer's house.

I say that to myself over and over again as I jogged down the street,

trying to look like it's just a regular day,

just regular Jane out for her morning run. Certainly not about to do something so shit stupid she might

die. His texts kept me up all night last night, and I can't explain it, but I need to hear

what he says. Because something in me tells me he's telling the truth.

Tripp is so many ugly things. A drunk, a lech, a Republican, but murderer still doesn't fit on him.

I've known violent men. I've been around too many of them. And I learned how to sniff them out early.

I just had to. Trip just... doesn't smell right. I hurry up his driveway, praying to God that no one

catches a glimpse of me. His bushes are overgrown, dead leaves and flower petals strewn

along the walk at the front of the

house. And if I thought his place seemed dark and sad before, it's nothing compared to how it feels now.

After ringing the doorbell, I wait for so long that I think he's not going to answer. And I'm

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