Turnabout Is Fair Play by Bill Willoughby

Author:Bill Willoughby [Willoughby, Bill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-15T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Danny asked me if I wanted the rest of the day off and I said I guessed I’d better take it. I packed up my stuff and walked out to the Tahoe, Danny following me.

“What are you going to do, Don? Are you going to be okay alone?”

“I don’t know. I really don’t know. I think I’ll go home and talk to Miranda.”

He nodded as if he knew what I was talking about. Maybe he did.

“I’ll be praying for you. Let me know if you need anything. Anything at all no matter what time. Okay?”

I nodded my head and said, “I will. Thanks for being a good friend.”

I drove home but I don’t remember the drive. When I walked in the door the phone was ringing. It was my dad.

“I saw the news. Are you okay, son?”

“Yeah, Dad, I’m fine. Thanks for calling.”

“Is there anything I can do?”

I said, “I’ll let you know if I need anything.” That was my way of saying, “Butt out.”

I hung up, changed my clothes and turned the TV on. I skipped from channel to channel trying to get all the information I could from each local station. On the five o’clock newscast they began showing videos of him being led into the jail.

On channel ten the anchor began talking about Garvey and reading off all of the things he was being charged with, “…including the rape and murder of Miranda…” Suddenly a picture of her flashed on the screen. I shut the TV off. I just could not stand to listen or see any more of the broadcast.

I began to cry. Was it over? Did I just let the justice system handle this? It looked like it was out of my hands. I felt like I should feel relieved but I wasn’t. I still felt the way I did when I first heard the news. I was empty.

I looked up at Miranda’s picture. As always she was smiling at me.

“They got him, baby. Garvey is in jail and Resnick is dead. I hope this eases your soul. I love you, baby. I will always love you.”

I took a scalding hot shower, fixed a sandwich and sat down at my computer. It was time for me to write back to Leigh Ann.

Leigh Ann, I’m sorry it has taken so long to get back to you. A lot has happened. I don’t know if you saw the news tonight or not but they talked about a man named Marcus Garvey that they arrested. That was one of the men that raped and murdered my wife. He’s in jail now.

Oh, almost whole college education means I dropped out of college at the end of my junior year. My dad had pushed me into engineering but that just wasn’t something I wanted to do with my life so I left. He wasn’t happy but it was my life and I was tired of my parents trying to control it. Up until my wife was killed I had a good life.

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