The Living Evil by Ruby Jean Jensen

Author:Ruby Jean Jensen [Jensen, Ruby Jean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-951580-14-8
Publisher: Ruby Jean Jensen

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Virginia sat in the waiting room of the office of the attorneys who were defending Pamela. She had taken the suitcase to the county jail, and waited while everything in it was checked. The clothes had been taken away by a matron, and finally Virginia had been allowed to see Pam. But the visit was brief and Virginia tried to keep it cheerful. She hadn’t told Pamela about the visit yesterday to the house, or that she had brought the doll out. It was still in her car. She hadn’t decided yet what to do with it.

Pam had seemed even more depressed than usual, and it frightened Virginia. She had simply clung to Virginia, saying little. The visit was over too soon. Virginia had assured her the dog was fine, getting along in her yard with her own dogs and cats. It was all Pamela had asked about. She hadn’t asked about Beth, or Craig, or friends who had called.

The secretary motioned Virginia to go on into the conference room. Virginia entered to find Gerald Amos and Valerie Stevens at the table with folders open in front of them. Gerald got up, shook hands with Virginia and pulled out a chair for her. Valerie looked up and spoke.

“I have something I want to tell you,” Virginia said. “I want to know if Pamela told you about the doll.”

“The doll?” Valerie said.

Amos’s face took on a look as blank as Valerie’s, and Virginia knew her hunch was right. Pamela had not told anyone but herself and Beth about the doll, because she knew it would not be believed. Virginia was desperate.

“I want to know, first, what kind of chance does she have of being acquitted?”

They glanced at each other.

Amos took in a long breath that expanded his rounded front. He looked at the papers in front of him.

“The prosecution’s case is very strong. Pamela isn’t helping much. If she’d said she found the front door open—if she’d said she heard a noise and went out into the hall—and was struck. If we could convince her to just change her story, and say she was confused, she might have a chance. But frankly it’s terrible.”

“She seems to have no interest in her own defense,” Valerie said.

“None at all. She insists that wasn’t the way it happened, but when we try to find out what did, she claims she just doesn’t know.”

Valerie said, “I remember mention of a doll. Don’t you remember, Gerald?”

He shuffled papers, stopped and read briefly. “She said she carried a doll up into the attic. In the middle of the night. She doesn’t give much of a reason. Said her little sister was scared of it and so she just thought she’d get rid of it. And that’s why she was up in the attic.”

Virginia asked, “Is that all she told you?”

“Yes—um—that’s all I see.”

They both looked at her. Virginia glanced from one to the other, watching their expressions.

“The doll she’s referring to is a large antique doll I bought for my little granddaughter for her birthday, which was just a few weeks ago.

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