Deal With the Devil: and 13 short stories by Elaine Viets

Author:Elaine Viets [Viets, Elaine]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781936363278
Publisher: Crippen & Landru Publishers
Published: 2018-06-14T00:00:00+00:00

My daughter still won’t speak to me. Sarah told the police and the reporters that she loved Abby and they were planning to marry. Sarah said she didn’t tell me about their romance because she was afraid I’d overreact, and Abby’s murder proved she was right. I didn’t want my daughter to be known as a nerd, and she isn’t. The tabloids call her the Lesbian Lolita. Will I be convicted of murder?

My lawyer says it depends on the jury. The law is tricky in Missouri. Seventeen is the age of consent, but if Abby believed Sarah was older and my daughter had given her consent, then Abby would not have been guilty of sex with a minor.

But Abby knew Sarah was only fifteen. She went to our daughter’s birthday dinner with us. My husband can’t find the photos to prove that. I wonder if my daughter destroyed them. She’s testifying for the prosecution. They’re saying my little Sarah was sexually emancipated. A TV talk show shrink said when Sarah brought her lover into her parents’ bedroom she was declaring herself a sexual being. He didn’t mention that bed was a lot bigger than hers.

Jack sold our house to help pay for the best criminal lawyer in the city. He and Sarah rent a small apartment near his office. Grandma sleeps on a pullout sofa in the living room. She’s moved in with them. She sold her house to pay for my legal bills. My grandmother wants to testify on my behalf. My lawyer says she’ll help prove a family history of mental illness.

The last time Grandma visited me in jail, I asked if she saw my future. Grandma said she saw nothing. The dead no longer visit her in the new apartment. She’s glad her so-called gift is gone.

Her tiny house has been leveled and an upscale subdivision is being built on the site. These grand houses will have two baths, marble fireplaces, three bedrooms and walk-in closets.

I wonder if one will have a walk-in bedroom doorway.

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