Dr. Chelsea Barren was certainly fooled by Michael Nightshade’s deception. She was terrified that he was going to turn the Killingsworth Farm into low-cost housing. She has already lost her practice and book deals. If Elizabeth sold her farm, Dr. Barren’s property value would have plummeted. She would have had nothing left. She would be completely broke. But, she would not have killed Elizabeth over a few dollars, after all she is a doctor.
On the other hand, Dr. Barren had always suspected that Elizabeth Killingsworth murdered her husband, Robert, six months ago. Dr. Barren loved Robert and had been having an affair with him. When his death went unsolved, she made it her mission to expose Elizabeth as his killer and make the story her next best-selling book.
Dr. Barren had assumed that Elizabeth killed Robert for his life insurance, but was surprised to see her even worse off financially after his death.
Dr. Barren has been sleeping with Enrique Graves, the farmhand, in order to gain inside information into Elizabeth’s life. Today, she struck gold! She found a clue to Robert’s killer. She found a list of bank records, pin codes, and financial transactions immediately after Robert’s death. She was shocked to learn that it was not Elizabeth who killed Robert. Anyway, her next book will reveal who killed Robert Killingsworth. As for Elizabeth, however, she is baffled.