Then he frowned. “Is that a bullet hole in your clothing?”“Yeah,” said Ken. “Turns out being shot sucks.”Costa let out a laugh.“It does ...t that.” The he turned serious. “Here’s what we need to do. At the least, your van and that safe need to disappear. I will make that happen. I can provide alibis for you and your people. Easy, since we were here at a private dinner party all night. As long as there is no other physical evidence we need to worry about, we should be fine. The cops won’t care. Maxine placed a hand on her cheek where I had kissed her.“This isn’t what it looks like. You can’t tell Zoe about this.” I said.“How do you expect me to keep this from my wife? Or even your wife? They should both know about this.” dad said.That’s when Maxine spoke up. Or should I say shouted out, “But I am his wife! I’ve been his wife for weeks now. Elena wanted to share him with me so having me become his second wife was kind of her idea. I’ll do almost anything to have you keep this a secret. Everything vital that was left alive in him quickly went downhill over the next couple of years, and he died an alone and lonely, broke and broken man last September. Now, my dear friends, my guys and my gals alike — you may ask me what is my purpose and point in wanting to write about this, and in a sense betray to you my very own sister, by uncovering what are now — truly — the skeletons in my family’s closet. Well, OK, I am going to explain it to you. When P was buried last year, with him. I’ll tell the pilot that we’ll be a little late,” Kayla said while sitting down in Mr. Keller’s desk chair and picking up the phone. She quickly punched in a few numbers and spoke into the phone. “This is Kayla, something’s come up and we’re going to be a little late. No, no, I don’t think it should take long.” I looked up at Mr. Keller and he shook his head side to side and directed me to stand up by placing his finger under my chin and lifting up. “Not right now and not like this. We’ll.