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Authors: Brenda Novak
line he'd use.
BrownEyedGirl: I didn't think of that.
S.Costas: He wants to see you or he wouldn't be writing you so much.
BrownEyedGirl: He acts like it, but he won't ever commit.
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S.Costas: He will someday.
BrownEyedGirl: And if he does...how will that work? If you show up instead of me, he could pull out a gun and shoot you. He won't let you take him to the police. Not after everything he's done to escape.
S.Costas: It would be best to arrange a meeting in a public place, a restaurant or a bar, if possible.
BrownEyedGirl: Maybe I should continue to pretend we're rekindling the romance and invite him here for a drink. I could get some of his DNA on a glass or something. The police will have to listen if you can prove he's alive, right?
Sebastian was no longer sure he wanted the authorities involved. He'd begun to dream of taking care of Malcolm on his own. It seemed so much simpler, more efficient. The police had done nothing so far except give him the runaround.
S.Costas: No way. He's a murderer. Do whatever you can to avoid letting him get that close. You haven't given him your address, have you?
BrownEyedGirl: No, but he asked for it.
Sebastian didn't like the sound of that.
S.Costas: You didn't give it to him, did you?
BrownEyedGirl: Of course not. I told him I don't share that information over the Internet.
S.Costas: If he doesn't want to get together, why'd he ask for it?
BrownEyedGirl: He claimed he was going to send me some flowers.
S.Costas: Cunning.
BrownEyedGirl: Actually, I think it's a telling coincidence.
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S.Costas: What do you mean?
BrownEyedGirl: Tomorrow is the anniversary of the day he asked me to be his girlfriend. We celebrated the 19th every month for the two years we were together.
Interesting...
S.Costas: Mention of flowers was some sort of hint?
BrownEyedGirl: Could be.
S.Costas: How'd he respond when you wouldn't give him an address?
BrownEyedGirl: He said he could get it if he really wanted it.
That was true. She was listed; anyone could find her. But Malcolm probably had her address long ago. Sebastian believed Mary was the reason he'd come to California in the first place. They both knew he'd run into a mutual friend in New York City--months before the murders--who'd mentioned that she was now living in Sacramento. That friend had contacted her to say she'd seen him.
BrownEyedGirl: He said something else I think you'll be interested to hear.
S.Costas: What's that?
BrownEyedGirl: He told me he used to be a cop.
This raised the hair on the back of Sebastian's neck. If he'd needed further proof, he had the coincidence of the anniversary and now this. Wesley was Malcolm. They had him on the hook; they just needed to reel him in. But was it safe to allow Mary to go on with this fishing expedition? If Malcolm figured out what she was doing...
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S.Costas: This could get dangerous.
And because he'd been the one encouraging her to communicate with Malcolm, he'd feel responsible if something happened to her. He had to be careful.
BrownEyedGirl: He has no reason to hurt me. I don't have any money.
Maybe she didn't have money, but Malcolm had contacted her for a reason.
Was she simply someone to brag to? Was he bored? Lonely? In love with her?
Hoping to meet for a sexual rendezvous?
Or did he sincerely regret having passed her up in his younger days? He'd divorced his first wife and murdered his second. He didn't seem very easy to please when it came to women, but there was no way to tell what was going on in his mind.
BrownEyedGirl: Isn't that why he murdered your ex-wife? For her money?
S.Costas: That was part of it, but there could be other reasons.
Exactly what those reasons might be Sebastian hadn't yet deciphered. Emily had asked that they meet for lunch. She'd been upset when she called him. But she'd scheduled the meeting for a week away, when Malcolm would be on a trip to Vegas with his brother, and been killed before that day could come.
S.Costas:
BrownEyedGirl: I didn't think of that.
S.Costas: He wants to see you or he wouldn't be writing you so much.
BrownEyedGirl: He acts like it, but he won't ever commit.
44
S.Costas: He will someday.
BrownEyedGirl: And if he does...how will that work? If you show up instead of me, he could pull out a gun and shoot you. He won't let you take him to the police. Not after everything he's done to escape.
S.Costas: It would be best to arrange a meeting in a public place, a restaurant or a bar, if possible.
BrownEyedGirl: Maybe I should continue to pretend we're rekindling the romance and invite him here for a drink. I could get some of his DNA on a glass or something. The police will have to listen if you can prove he's alive, right?
Sebastian was no longer sure he wanted the authorities involved. He'd begun to dream of taking care of Malcolm on his own. It seemed so much simpler, more efficient. The police had done nothing so far except give him the runaround.
S.Costas: No way. He's a murderer. Do whatever you can to avoid letting him get that close. You haven't given him your address, have you?
BrownEyedGirl: No, but he asked for it.
Sebastian didn't like the sound of that.
S.Costas: You didn't give it to him, did you?
BrownEyedGirl: Of course not. I told him I don't share that information over the Internet.
S.Costas: If he doesn't want to get together, why'd he ask for it?
BrownEyedGirl: He claimed he was going to send me some flowers.
S.Costas: Cunning.
BrownEyedGirl: Actually, I think it's a telling coincidence.
45
S.Costas: What do you mean?
BrownEyedGirl: Tomorrow is the anniversary of the day he asked me to be his girlfriend. We celebrated the 19th every month for the two years we were together.
Interesting...
S.Costas: Mention of flowers was some sort of hint?
BrownEyedGirl: Could be.
S.Costas: How'd he respond when you wouldn't give him an address?
BrownEyedGirl: He said he could get it if he really wanted it.
That was true. She was listed; anyone could find her. But Malcolm probably had her address long ago. Sebastian believed Mary was the reason he'd come to California in the first place. They both knew he'd run into a mutual friend in New York City--months before the murders--who'd mentioned that she was now living in Sacramento. That friend had contacted her to say she'd seen him.
BrownEyedGirl: He said something else I think you'll be interested to hear.
S.Costas: What's that?
BrownEyedGirl: He told me he used to be a cop.
This raised the hair on the back of Sebastian's neck. If he'd needed further proof, he had the coincidence of the anniversary and now this. Wesley was Malcolm. They had him on the hook; they just needed to reel him in. But was it safe to allow Mary to go on with this fishing expedition? If Malcolm figured out what she was doing...
46
S.Costas: This could get dangerous.
And because he'd been the one encouraging her to communicate with Malcolm, he'd feel responsible if something happened to her. He had to be careful.
BrownEyedGirl: He has no reason to hurt me. I don't have any money.
Maybe she didn't have money, but Malcolm had contacted her for a reason.
Was she simply someone to brag to? Was he bored? Lonely? In love with her?
Hoping to meet for a sexual rendezvous?
Or did he sincerely regret having passed her up in his younger days? He'd divorced his first wife and murdered his second. He didn't seem very easy to please when it came to women, but there was no way to tell what was going on in his mind.
BrownEyedGirl: Isn't that why he murdered your ex-wife? For her money?
S.Costas: That was part of it, but there could be other reasons.
Exactly what those reasons might be Sebastian hadn't yet deciphered. Emily had asked that they meet for lunch. She'd been upset when she called him. But she'd scheduled the meeting for a week away, when Malcolm would be on a trip to Vegas with his brother, and been killed before that day could come.
S.Costas:
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