They That Have Power Book IChapter 18
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Jake decided he couldn’t put it off any longer. He sat at the desk in his bedroom and put on latex gloves. He brought out the stack of IDs of the girls that Harris had killed from a shoebox he had stored in his closet.
He wiped the first card carefully with alcohol wipes to clean off fingerprints. When he was sure it was clean, he looked at the picture on the front, trying to memorize what the girl had looked like. Then he slid it into a large envelope he had bought at Staples. He repeated that process for each ID card.
When he had cleaned all the IDs, he used a Sharpie to write in block letters on a sheet of blank copy paper. “They are buried in a clearing 30 feet northwest of 32 degrees 33.703 minutes north, 96 degrees 44.067 minutes west. The murderer has been brought to justice.”
Jake put the paper in the envelope and sealed it with scotch tape. He wrote ‘To the police’ on the front.
Jake drove to a park in the city that was regularly patrolled by police officers on bikes. He set the envelope on a picnic table near the jogging trail and went back to his car which was parked a couple hundred feet away. The next time a policeman pedaled by, Jake drew his attention to the table and the envelope sitting on it. The officer swerved toward the table and dismounted his bike. As he approached the table, Jake drove away.
Jan opened the door as Jake was walking up the walk to her house.
I wondered when you were going to deal with that. I know it’s hard, Jake, but what you made yourself do will relieve a lot of suffering.
Jan led him to the living room. She sat on the sofa and patted the seat next to her. When he had sat down, she put her arm around his shoulder and pulled him over so that he was lying with his head on her lap.
Jake sensed furious neurological development going on under his head and stiffened immediately. He made his mind go blank.
Jake, what’s wrong?As if having to do that wasn’t hard enough. Now, something even sadder has happened.
I’m sorry, Jake. Tell me about it.
I’ve just lost my excuse to come visit you every day.
Jan’s hands shot to her lower abdomen.
“You mean I am?”
Jake sat up and smiled at her.
Jan’s happy shriek brought Shannon and Christine running.
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Monday, June 28, 2010 The room was sprayed with glass, blood, skull fragments, and brains. Jake felt something strike him painfully in the cheek, just below his right eye. A squishy mass hit him square in the face. Caldwell fell onto the conference table without the top part of his head. The court reporter screamed, loud and long. One of the lawyers vomited. Jake was buffeted by the shock and fear of all the people present. It took him several seconds to compose himself and filter out the...
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010. Darrell pushed his chair back and stood. “Uh oh,” Alice said nervously. “Is this going to turn into a scene?” Darrell stomped across the lounge toward them. “Only if we let it,” Jake said. Jake made Darrell scared of him and Alice. “That’s strange,” Alice said when Darrell suddenly went back to his table, sat down, and stared down into his beer mug, his hands trembling. “Did you do something to him?” “Yeah, I did. He’s a little unstable. I didn’t want to have...