The woman brought her hand to her mouth. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. She took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down.
“How did you know?”
Lucas explained that he had gone to the house early to accompany her to the funeral because he knew she would be devastated. As he passed by the garage, he saw the rag tightly tucked inside the exhaust pipe. It didn’t look accidental.
“I wanted to take it out without scaring you, but when I heard you coming down… I just reacted,” he said.
Helen tried to think clearly.