Sleep, My Child, Forever by John Coston

Author:John Coston
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
Published: 2016-08-05T04:00:00+00:00

My Mommy Told Me

When the detectives knocked on the door of Apartment 501, they were prepared to meet Catherine Booker, Ellen’s mother, for an interview. It was a little disconcerting to find Stacy there, too, but her grandmother explained that she had a stomachache and had stayed home from school.

Detectives Jones and Cordia informed Mrs. Booker that they wished to speak with her alone. Could Stacy leave the room? Detective Jones, who had talked to Stacy only the night before, offered to accompany her to her room, if that was all right. Catherine had no objection.

She was beginning to realize that her daughter was in some kind of trouble. The night before, after Ellen and Stacy had gone to police headquarters, Ellen had stopped to tell her mother about it. Stacy was also beginning to get a picture, as Detective Jones quickly learned. “My mommy told me that you guys say that she killed David and Steven,” she said. Detective Jones hadn’t expected this. “She didn’t! Would you go back and tell the other guys that my mommy did not kill Steven and David?”

Outside in the living room, Detective Cordia pressed this fragile, sixty-five-year-old grandmother with questions about her knowledge of Ellen’s insurance portfolio. Catherine said that her daughter had first told her about the policies sometime in the middle of December, which was only a couple of weeks ago. The detective probed into Ellen’s relationship with her parents, and Catherine said that Ellen had been an only child, and that she had always gotten along well with both her and her father. Catherine said they had not been strict parents, but that Ellen’s father had been somewhat protective of Ellen. Her daughter had always been honest with her, she said.

Ellen hadn’t dated much prior to marriage, she said, and all Catherine added beyond that was to remark that Paul Boehm had left Ellen with a lot of financial problems. “She appeared to be glad to be rid of him, just the same,” Catherine added with a fillip.

When asked about how Ellen had dealt with the loss of the two boys, Catherine said her daughter had taken the deaths very badly. “She still sleeps with two of her sons’ favorite dolls,” she said.

Catherine’s version of the events of the night of September 13, 1989, when Stacy suffered the electrical shock in the tub, tracked with what Ellen had stated. As to how it had happened, the grandmother said Ellen had told her that Steven was responsible.

Detective Cordia was about finished with the interview, but she wanted to ask once again about the insurance, which seemed to be a rather large amount. Catherine acknowledged that it was, but she said she was certain that Ellen had not taken the policies out on her children with any hope of collecting.

Before the two detectives left, Detective Jones asked Detective Cordia to come into the bedroom to hear something Stacy had said.

“Mommy didn’t kill Steven and Dave,” the girl said.

“Why are you saying this?” Detective Cordia asked.

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