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Chapter 37

My mom called and said she was back home. I couldn't wait to go vent to her. After the conversation with Chance, he got up and left. I haven't talked to or seen him since he left. I was worried that he was out killing the last victim. He already said King was next to die. I wish he wouldn't have said that. Before I made it to my mom's house, Stevens called. I haven't talked to him since I saw him that day. I guess he want to talk about the email I sent. I decided to go vent to my mom first. Since im not working at the station no more, I don't have to rush there. My career has been life since I started working at the station. I've put my job before everything! No longer am I doing that, so Stevens is going to have to wait. Me venting to my mom and getting all of this off my chest is more important right now.

When I walked in my mom's house, I hugged her so tight. You acting like you haven't seen me in months, my mom said. It feels that way, im use to seeing you everyday. First, how is Aunt Phyllis? She's fine, your Uncle Luke came into town. Really, I haven't seen him in years. How he is? Stay crazy as ever, my mom said. He said he was going to stay with her for a little while. Once he said that, I hurried up and got out of there before he changed his mind. That old lady was working a few nerves and you know I don't have that much left. How is everything with you? Ma, everything is terrible right now. What's wrong? Chance told Honest everything, she told King everything, Honest is dead, and now Chance is blaming me. Wait, what?

Ok, I told Chance everything about me cheating. He said he already knew I did or was cheating. For real? Yes, he said he been knew. He was trying to see how long I was going to lie about it. He said that he forgives, he's willing to work past it, and it's going to take some time for him to trust me again. Well, that's good you told him. It's even better that y'all working past it. Of course, he told Honest everything. I wasn't shocked that he did or nothing. He always tells Honest everything we go through. I was a little shocked she told King everything. How you know she did? I talked to him and he told me stuff that I know for a fact it didn't come from me. She told him about me quitting, me confessing to cheating, and how Chance already knew. YOU QUIT? Can we stick to one subject at a time ma? You left that part out, my mom said. I'll get back to it in a minute.

So, I met with King and he told me everything Honest told him. How she was plotting to get Chance to catch me cheating and what not. King was basically saying; if both of them knew I was cheating from the beginning, why neither one of them said anything. He feels like Chance has a hidden agenda. Are you seriously considering what a stranger is telling you about your own husband? I did find it weird that Chance been holding this in all this time. That's not like him, plus he doesn't keep secrets from me. You were keeping secrets from him, so you can't be mad or suspicious if he kept one from you. It still bothers me that he didn't say something sooner. Like, if he knew I was cheating or have cheated he should have addressed it. He walked around pretending everything was ok, as if we were in a good place. Didn't you do the same thing to him? Ok, we going to move on to the next subject.

Blake texted me, told me he was about to call but I needed to be away from Chance first. I didn't know what he wanted, but it sounded serious. I went to the car to make it look like I was looking for something. I didn't want Chance to think I was talking to somebody I cheated with or something. Blake called or whatever. He tells me Honest neighbors called the police because her music was too loud. The police knocked on the door a few times. They eventually had to kick it in. They found Honest dead on the kitchen floor with sticky notes all over her. Sticky notes? Yeah, I thought the same thing. The sticky notes said, X marks the spot; X=? So, the X killer did this to her? Yeah, I don't understand why. See before all of this, Blake and I thought maybe Chance was behind some of this. No, you didn't really think your husband was behind this some kind of way? After stepping back and looking at everything, it started to look that way. Once we saw the writing was different in some of the cases, that's when we figured they both have something to do with it. Since the X killer, whoever it is killed Honest; we were back to square one. I wanted to tell Chance before the police reached out to him. I went in the house to tell him, but I just couldn't fix my mouth to tell him his sister is dead. His phone ends up ringing, I told him not to answer it. He answered it anyway and that's when the police told him. He just dropped to his knees and started crying. In that moment, I didn't know what to do or say. I just held him in my arms and cried with him. My poor son-in-law, my mom said.

Chance didn't sleep at all last night. I'm sure he didn't, he just lost his sister. He was up all-night drinking and crying. You know Chance is not a real drinker unless it's an occasion. This is an occasion, not the celebrating kind tho. Ma, he just flipped out on me. I know he didn't put his hands on you. No, but I felt like he could have. He was saying some pretty hurtful stuff to me. Like what? He said if I was doing my job instead of cheating, this wouldn't be happening. I was too busy on other dude's penises to stop this killer. He see why I quit, that wasn't my type of work. His mom always told him you can't turn a hoe into a housewife and she was right. No he didn't say that to you? Yes ma, I was just as shocked as you. I told him I knew he was just lashing out and that he was speaking out of hurt. He said no he meant what he said. Then he told me to just get the fuck away from him. I left the house and drove around for a minute. I didn't have nowhere to go really, so I went to the park. It was getting late, but I didn't want to go home. I was actually too scared to go home. With the state of mind Chance was in, he could have taken his anger out on my physically. When I got home, I walked right past him. I didn't want to make eye contact none of that. He eventually came and talked to me. He apologized for the way he talked to me and how he reacted. Well, that's good he apologized instead of making it worst. He didn't get the full details on what happened to Honest because he dropped the phone. I had told him what happened. Then I had told him that King was the guy I cheated with. Nooo! You picked the wrong time to tell that man that, my mom said. I wanted him to know before it eventually came out somehow. What he say? He was upset, he felt like I should have told him when King came to our table at the restaurant that day. I totally agree with him, you should have said it then instead of now. I told him that King was the last person to see Honest. Girlll, what is wrong with you? That's the next thing you should have NOT told that man. I didn't want him to find out and think this was some type of planned thing between us. Then what he say? He's convinced King killed her and he said King was next to die. See what you created?

I actually met with King before going home. Let me sip my drink, swear for living Jesus you about to give me a heart attack. Blake and I thought it was a good idea to meet with him to see what he knows or how he would react to me telling him Honest was killed. He was in shock, I could tell by the look in his eyes. I asked him what time did he leave her house. He said he left around 8am. He had some work to get done and she had some housecleaning to do. They were supposed to see each other again later that day. He was calling and calling her, but she never answered. So, he just stayed home or whatever. I had told him if the police knew he was the last person to see or talk to her, he was going to be a suspect. You basically ran him off with that statement, my mom said. IF he did do this, you gave him a lead to get the hell out of town before the police get to him. You shouldn't have said that Kaydence. I believe he didn't do this ma. How? Why would he kill her? What will he gain from killing her? Behind every killing, is a motive. What motive could he possibly have for killing her? I don't know but you shouldn't have questioned him period. If you quit, then step back and let real cops do they job. You still being involved in this case could put a target on your back. You think you doing the right thing. Not every detective at that station is going to feel like that. Especially Smith and you know that. Remove yourself from this case, let the police handle it, and you be there for your husband. Trying to protect somebody you cheated with is not going to help your marriage nor that case.