“Yeah. Maybe. I don’t know, though.”
I started writing ‘the Medusa Society’ on the pad, but Adam stopped me. “I wouldn’t even bother writing them down,” he said. “I really don’t think they had anything to do with it. Like I said, they avoided each other, but that’s all. I don’t think Lindsay was ever outright nasty to any of them.”
“Okay. Any other girls you can think of? Frenemies?”
“Hold on. I wasn’t actually done with the list of guys she was hooking up with behind Kairo’s back,” Adam said.
“Oh. Sorry. I got sidetracked.” I picked up the pen. “Go on.”
“Remember Chris?” he asked.
“As in Chris Hewittson? Hunter’s friend?”
“Yes. He and Lindsay hooked up for a while.”
My brows shot up. “Really?”
“Yeah. I don’t think anyone ever found out about it, though. Apart from me.”
“Hunter went through Lindsay’s entire phone, email, and internet history,” I said. “So he must know.”
Adam shook his head. “They never messaged or called each other. They’d sneak coded notes into each other’s lockers to arrange their meetings instead.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know. I guess they thought it was hot to sneak around behind everyone’s backs and share a big, forbidden secret with each other,” he said. “I only found out because I caught them in her room one day when she forgot to lock the door. After that, she told me everything.”
“Was Chris in town the night she died?” I asked.
He nodded. “Yeah, I think so.”
“Were they still hooking up?”
“No, it was over by then. But he could’ve gone to her and asked her to start things up again, right? And she could’ve said no and made him really mad.”
“That’s true.” I wrote down Chris’s name. “Anyone else?”
“There were a couple of married guys. Did Hunter mention that?”
“Yeah, he did.”
“The first one was Bradley Astor. They met at a gala in town about six months before she died.”
“Do you know any other details about it?” I asked, writing down the name.
“It was just a one-time thing. He didn’t know she was only a teenager. When they talked afterwards and he found out, he said it could never happen again.”
“Lindsay told you that?”
“Yes.”
I scribbled down a note next to the name. “It could’ve been him or his wife who attacked Lindsay.”
Adam chewed on his bottom lip as he thought about it. “Hm. I doubt it. As far as I know, his wife never found out at all.”
“But you don’t know for sure. She could’ve secretly discovered his affair and decided to get revenge on the other woman. Or maybe Bradley thought Lindsay would spill his secret, and he wanted to keep his wife in the dark forever, so he….” I trailed off, not needing to finish the sentence.
Adam sighed. “Yeah, you’re right. They should both be on the list.”