Summary

In Chapter 18, as Anna drove, she felt guilty for the first time about the girl who had died. She knew Gretchen had killed her. Fin asked what was going on, but Anna could not answer. Instead, she turned on the next episode of the podcast.

In “Episode 5: Amila Fabricase, her Famous Mother and the French Obsession with Bread,” Trina started by noting that she believed the French police chose to focus on Amila because Gretchen had directed the investigation in her direction.

Anna was shocked by Trina’s willingness to speak so openly about Gretchen. She wondered what sort of power Trina had.

Trina described how Amila and her partner, Sabine, dreamed of opening a bakery but did not have the money. Amila took the job on the Dana to earn money. Before she took the job, Amila had begun suffering debilitating headaches...