Voodoo Moon
“The same crowd of folks who had gathered here to watch Kibbe be carried out were back again. I recognized several of them. Maybe they were part of this portable crowd that got dropped off at all crime scenes.
As she struggled her way toward me—small against the taller, wider, heavier crowd—she looked young and frantic and scared.
She started to go around me, head for the open door where police officers and various other officials came and went.
But I stopped her, pulled her to me. "You don't want to go in there." She tried to jerk herself free of me. "She was my sister, Robert. Now let me go." "You don't want this to be your last memory of her." Her struggling stopped. "Oh, God, is it that bad?" "Pretty much. I'm sorry." "But who did it?" "Looks to be a murder-suicide." Then, "I was thinking about all the arguments they had over getting married." "But Noah wouldn't—" "I heard some of their arguments when I passed their door. He got pretty angry. And you told me yourself that he struck... her a couple of times." "But striking her—" "Striking her means you're into violence.MoreLess
As she struggled her way toward me—small against the taller, wider, heavier crowd—she looked young and frantic and scared.
She started to go around me, head for the open door where police officers and various other officials came and went.
But I stopped her, pulled her to me. "You don't want to go in there." She tried to jerk herself free of me. "She was my sister, Robert. Now let me go." "You don't want this to be your last memory of her." Her struggling stopped. "Oh, God, is it that bad?" "Pretty much. I'm sorry." "But who did it?" "Looks to be a murder-suicide." Then, "I was thinking about all the arguments they had over getting married." "But Noah wouldn't—" "I heard some of their arguments when I passed their door. He got pretty angry. And you told me yourself that he struck... her a couple of times." "But striking her—" "Striking her means you're into violence.MoreLess
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