Death By Stalking by Abigail Keam

Author:Abigail Keam [Keam, Abigail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Kentucky
ISBN: 9780997972924
Publisher: Worker Bee Press
Published: 2018-12-21T05:00:00+00:00

17

“There are lies, damned lies . . . and statistics.” That’s a quote from Mark Twain, but it certainly resonated with me.

The fact someone went out of their way to lie about me to the police had me in a dither, but that took second place to having Detective Drake accuse me of lying about Rosie. I may be nosy and I may be sneaky, but I’m not a liar.

You—stop laughing.

I do lie, but not for the important stuff.

He hauled me to the police station several times, and each time, I clammed up and waited for Shaneika to come to my rescue.

Was it my fault they couldn’t find Rosie? I hadn’t seen her since she got out of Dodge, so to speak. I didn’t think it was a neighborly thing to do, not that Gage didn’t deserve it. He did, but I certainly didn’t deserve all the hassle coming my way.

The cosmic question was—if I did know where Rosie was hiding, would I tell the police? I’m not sure.

Gage had harassed Rosie for years. How much grief can a human being take before they finally lash out at their tormentor? How much should someone be expected to take? I know I would have killed my own stalker if I thought I could have gotten away with it. Fortunately, someone killed him for me, but I can’t deny I wanted him dead. Real dead.

So, what are the lies and then the damned lies Twain was talking about? They are the little lies we tell ourselves so we can sleep at night.

I’m a good person. Very few humans are good. Most of us just haven’t gotten caught being bad, that’s all.

I’m sorry. The only thing most people are sorry about is that they did get caught . . . being bad.

I could never murder. Anyone is capable of murder. Hate and fear are powerful motivators for wanting someone out of the way. Did I mention money and lust as motivators, too?

The good news is that most of us don’t kill, but we do ruminate on it from time to time.

Come on now, don’t we?

The question is, did Rosie do it?

I don’t know, but she wasn’t helping her case by disappearing. Wherever Rosie was, the police would catch up with her sooner or later.

And as it turned out, they did.

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