Gustave cleared his throat, his eyes flicking briefly between Augustine and Anne as he stepped forward with the file in hand.
"The test results are conclusive," he began. "The cupcakes were indeed poisoned. The toxic substance found in Audrey's system matched the traces discovered in the plastic pouch collected from the bakery. The troubling part—only Lorie's fingerprints were present on it."
Anne's brows shot up in disbelief. "So you are saying Patricia didn't know about the poison?"
Her mind flashed back to Paule's visit—his insistence that Patricia would never try to kill her, no matter how deep her resentment ran.
Gustave gave a helpless shrug. "That's what it looked like at first. But everything took a sharp turn after the results came out. Patricia changed her statement completely. She confessed. Said she alone was responsible."
Anne's heart sank, confusion clouding her thoughts. "Why? Why would she suddenly admit to it?"
