Delmar (Archer's Dynasty Book 1) by Kathi S. Barton

Author:Kathi S. Barton [Barton, Kathi S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: World Castle Publishing, LLC
Published: 2021-05-21T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Peter hated the look on Merce’s face as he showed her the pictures he’d unearthed. Bethany Lowery had had mental problems since she’d been a child. The pictures Merce was seeing now were from her file that he’d been able to get from the first home for the criminally insane that she’d been put in. Bethany had only been six years old.

“How did my dad not know this?” Peter told her it was because her records had been sealed. “I think someone should have told him he was marrying a murderer. Or at least told him to look into things about her parents. How was it known that she did this? Not that I don’t believe you, but was there any doubt she did this heinous stuff to her own family?”

“No. She confessed, of a sort.” She asked him what that meant. “When the police got to the home, she was sitting in the front entrance playing in the blood of the dog she’d killed too. The police asked her if she was alone in the house, thinking like you do, that she was entirely too young to have committed the crimes. But she told them in a singsong voice that not only was she the only one in the house, but that she’d had fun killing the people that tried to boss her around. To this day, there are people out there that don’t believe she did anything at all but was victimized by whoever had actually killed them.”

Merce stood up, handing the photos to Del. He’d been hard pressed to do this today—they’d only been engaged since this afternoon. But Del had told Peter she needed to know it all, as it would help her make better decisions where her brothers were concerned.

“Was she able to stand trial?” Peter told Merce she’d been too young to see if she had the capacity to do anything like answering attorneys’ questions. “I don’t mean to sound cold, but I have a feeling from the other things I’ve been able to find out that she knew just what she was doing. Did you find the things I told you about Brock and Harley?”

“Yes. Those records were only opened for me because you and Del are getting married. They didn’t want him to find out later that he might be marrying someone that could have the same condition. You couldn’t.”

She turned to Peter, waiting for an answer.

“Because, love, you’re not my daughter. Hers either, for that matter.” Harlin walked into the room and kissed Merce on the cheek. “I told Peter to look into that when he told me what he was doing for you. I didn’t know it until much later after Bethany was gone, that she’d lost the child we created. But that didn’t stop her from bringing one home. I think the hospital thought a child might steady her. It didn’t.”

“No, it certainly didn’t.” Merce asked him what he meant. Peter wished he’d not said anything then. “She tried to kill you after you and her were brought home.

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