Chapter 152

"Then why was Mrs. Johnson on the floor?" Clearly, Liliana had kept last night's events from Wilson, and not only that—she even made up a cover story to dodge the truth. Marsha nearly let the whole thing slip, but luckily her brain kicked back in right on time. "I wasn't kneeling," Liliana said, turning over to glance at her. She had a blanket wrapped loosely around her shoulders. Turns out, she'd just been sitting on the rug the whole time. But Marsha, with her guilty conscience, saw what she wanted to see—thought Liliana was kneeling—and nearly blurted everything out. "Didn't you steal my ring yesterday?" Liliana looked her dead in the eyes. Marsha caught on right away. Since Liliana was playing along without exposing the full story to Wilson, Marsha knew she had leverage now. As long as she held onto Liliana's secret, she and Ethan had her in the palm of their hands. All she needed to do now was make Clark believe the setup. She quickly nodded. "Yeah, I did take her ring yesterday.