After the funerals, everyone headed home, my uncle told my Dad that he was going to be working late at the station. Once Hunter, our dad and I walk through the door, immediately I head up to my room, put my PJs on and climb into my bed. My thoughts swirl around in my head.
Why did the killer-the UNSUB- dress them differently? If there's a pattern, he'll kill a girl next. Will she be a teenager too? Or will she be older? Will she fight for everything she has to live for? Or will she just let it happen because she has nothing to live for and finds death to be the easy way out?
Will the victim be someone I know? Will the killer, when he or she is caught, be someone I know? Why is he or she killing?. I think about how Ashley's body was found, the way I saw it on the murder board in the police station.I learned from books that if the police don't know the killer's identity, they start addressing him with pronouns such as he or she or you. I do just that.
I start addressing the killer in my head as I lay there, staring up at my ceiling. There were no signs of sexual assault because you didn't come there to rape her. No. You came to kill and get out. You took the time to dress her. That shows planning ahead. You've had this in motion for a long time. What made you finally snap?.
I think about the murders and the killer because its better than thinking about Maddox and our talk this morning. I almost spilled my secret. I told him about my mom. I've never told anyone about my mom.....then again, I've never had someone to tell. Unwilling to go down that absolution road of grief and feeling sorry for myself. I focus on the killer again.
Ashley's murder was organized, and even though Tyler was killed in the woods, so was his. Both of them were killed differently. Ashley strangled, Tyler drugged and stabbed. Will you kill the others differently? How many will you kill before the police finally stop you?. One more kill and we'll have a serial killer on our hands. Meaning we'll have to call in the FBI to help.
Would that make you furious? Or would you rise up to the idea of a challenge? You can't have a partner because you want to be in control. You want to be the one who calls the shots of this show because you've never been able to be the one who does. This isn't a game to you. It's something more....something you must do in order for a certain thing to happen.
I turn around on my side about to go to sleep as one final thought enters my mind.What is it you expect to happen once you're finally done?
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Secrets In The Shadows
Mystery / ThrillerHuntress Winters is a top notch liar. She has to be in order to survive the streets and alleyways of Chicago. And in order to keep certain secrets safe. Secrets such as her mother's true condition but her energy goes mostly into protecting her bigg...
