Murder She Commits?
“We have to do something about what?” Joan asked,
“Everywhere Auntie goes she claims she solves murders; but I've discovered the
truth. The old woman has set the murders up cleverly and then she points subtle
fingers at someone else.” Giles complained.
“Nonsense, she’s old. She couldn’t
commit the murders,” protested Joan.
“Joan; just because she has a romantic
side and loves to put people together like us doesn’t mean she isn’t a ruthless
psychopath.”
‘The very definition of a psychopath
says she isn’t one. She only fits one thing of the criteria, extreme
egocentricity. She isn’t a murderer.”
“She is my dear. If I were to write this
story, I write how clever she was to set the crime up so those who feel guilty
were caught. Those who protested killed themselves with Auntie’s help. Even if
you truly believed that the people that have died are always nasty people,”
protested Joan.
“You know!!” Giles stated ,”You know
she’s a murderess; but you haven’t stopped her?”
“Giles, I’ve known your Auntie since I was
a child. Nasty people always perish around her that doesn’t make her a murderer, just unlucky.”
“Okay, have it your way. As long as no
one innocent gets hurt I’ll let it go.”
“And if someone does?” asks Joan.
“Then will have her committed to an old
folks home in a locked unit for senile and Alzheimer's patients. I am a doctor
after all.”
“That’s a relief. She killed Margaret
last night.”
“She killed my sister Margaret Then why did you balk at what I said??”
“She's harmless most of the time but we do have to call the police soon.”
“I’ll write the papers now and we'll take her for intake then we'll call the police.”
“Good plan; are you sure you didn't kill Margaret? She was a busybody who wouldn't move out of our home,”Joan asked caulking her head and looking shrewdly and narrowing her eyes.
“Really, Joan, the need to kill isn't inherited.”
“I hope not, Giles.”
“Quit worrying, Joan, I was adopted.”
©Sheilagh Lee June 9, 2018
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