Gonna Take A Homicidal Journey by Sandra Scoppettone

Author:Sandra Scoppettone [Scoppettone, Sandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-06-22T22:00:00+00:00

Twenty-One

I drive back from the South Fork by going through Riverhead. It's shorter and doesn't cost anything, but it's certainly not as picturesque.

I analyze my interview with the Southedges police chief and have to recognize that the man didn't know anything (unlike Chief Wagner in Seaville). This one honestly believes Mary Lavin accidentally fell down the well, and hell, maybe he's right.

Part of me feels I've gone off on some crazy tangent here, wigged out because I don't want to deal with something, though I'm not sure what. I have to get back to my original investigation. After all, I'm being paid to find out what happened to Bill Moffat.

Cecchi and Annette are coming out tonight. It'll be good to see them. A voice in my head asks me why I really want them here. I hate that little voice. The thing about it, the voice, is that it's usually so much smarter than I am. I suppose that's why I loathe it so.

Why do I want them here? For the reasons that are obvious. I need Cecchi's help and I think it would be good for him. What else?

I need more diversion from Kip.

What the hell does that mean?

I have a lot of diversions and why should I need more? Let's face it, our relationship has never quite recovered from .. . no, not Alex, which is what I think first. .. lots of things.

It isn't what it used to be. But what is? And would I want it back the way it was?

There were some wonderful things and there were plenty of not-so-terrific factors. We glided over our problems, made jokes, looked the other way. Why did I disappear into my computer, as Kip accuses me of doing? And why did she simply vanish? Was it her brother's death, as I thought? Is our relationship still viable? Oh, God.

The thought of being without Kip frightens and saddens me so much. We're tense and the fun has gone out of our couplehood. But should we stay together if we're not happy? Aren't we happy?

I can't deal with these questions now. They're too overwhelming, too dismaying and distracting. I have to concentrate on the case.

Yeah, sure.

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