Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line

The names Mia, Ava, Jackson, and Bennett had been crossed through with a line, as if Vero had been trying to solve the mystery of who had stolen the money herself. When the police were called in to investigate, the sorority’s backpack of ill-gotten cash had gone missing from Vero’s room. Vero screamed as he slipped off the sill and his body tumbled sideways out the window. Not only because the burden of her ankle monitor was gone, but because she had finally shed the emotional baggage she’d been carrying for a year.