DRIP DROP DEAD by Willow Rose

Author:Willow Rose [Rose, Willow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Buoy Media
Published: 2018-07-29T16:00:00+00:00

37

"Yes?"

"You don't recognize me?" the man standing outside my door said. "We met…months ago. My wife…Ann?"

My heart skipped a beat. "Oh, dear Lord, I’m so sorry. I didn't recognize you. Brian, right?"

He nodded.

"I’m so sorry; come on in."

"Thank you," he said and followed me inside.

We walked to the kitchen where I served him some hot chocolate and bread with butter and jam. I didn't ask him if he wanted anything, but just assumed he needed it. The way I was raised, you didn't let anyone inside your house without feeding them. It was a Danish thing, I guess. And it was impolite for the guest to say no, so it went both ways.

He smiled a sad, yet affirming, smile. "Thank you."

I grabbed a second round myself, and we ate. "So…Brian. First of all, I’m so sorry for your loss."

He took in a deep breath like he needed more air for what came next, then nodded. "Thank you."

"How're you holding up?"

"I…I…Not so good, to be honest."

"Well, it's a big loss," I said and sipped my hot chocolate. For some reason, I kept hearing my mother's annoying voice in my head telling me not to drink that sugary stuff. She had a way of getting in my head at the most inconvenient times. I ignored it. "And quite unexplainable. Have the police come any closer to figuring out what happened to her?"

"Well…they kind of think I might be involved."

"No!"

"Yes, I’m afraid so. They keep asking me to come to the mainland for questioning. They can't seem to figure out how she landed in our bed when she drowned."

I sipped more of my hot chocolate while looking pensively at him. "It is strange. You have to give them that."

A tear shaped in Brian's eye and he wiped it away.

"I'm sorry," I said. "I’m making you emotional. That wasn't my intention."

"It's okay," he said. "I had promised myself that I wouldn't cry, but it's…hard. I feel so…guilty."

"That's only natural," I said. "Anyone would feel that way."

"Yeah, well for me, it's a little more than normal guilt. See…I was with this woman…when…it happened."

"A woman? Another woman?"

He nodded. "Yes."

"Ah, I see," I said. "So, you do have an alibi, but not one that you can tell. She married too?"

"Yes," he said and bit his lip.

"And she wouldn't confirm your story even if you told it?" I asked.

"Nope. Can't risk it, she says. She would lose everything."

"But so will you if you go to jail over this?" I said.

"Don't think she cares much about that," he said and took a bite of his bread. A little bit of jam stayed on his upper lip and jiggled up and down as he spoke.

"That's why I’ve come to you."

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