THE LATE SUMMER AIR IS THICK AND NEAR-SUFFOCATING. Or Maybe Its The Tonal Shift Thats Happened In The
THE LATE SUMMER AIR IS THICK AND NEAR-SUFFOCATING. or maybe it’s the tonal shift that’s happened in the quaint, peaceful community of roseville. welcome to roseville, the most pleasant place in pasco county! something tells her that in the wake of the fourth brutal murder to befall the community, the local government might have to consider replacing it. how many bodies have to drop before ‘ pleasant ’ becomes a farce? surely they’re all well past that point.
and yet, pleasant is what brought her to the richardson family’s home that evening — as pleasant as one can be, bringing a covered dish to a family in mourning. sensitive is the better word. sensitive to the situation, in that she didn’t barge in, didn’t ask any questions, just politely came by with a hot meal so no one would have to trouble themselves with dinner in the midst of planning a funeral while still coming to terms with the fact that their — brother, sister, cousin, aunt, uncle, father, mother, best friend, whoever it may be — would never walk through the door, crack a joke, a smile, laugh with them, cry with them, fight with them, make up with them. she’d never let it be known, but she’s all too familiar with this: death, murder, looming threats. something in her soul told her to make some slow-roasted pernil and bring it over. she hadn’t expected the richardson to ask her to stay for the meal, nor for gazette reporter jed olsen to be there.
which brings her to now — a quarter ‘til ten, sun already fallen behind the horizon as it surrendered to an inky black sky with hardly any stars and a waning moon. the streetlights provide some illumination but not enough to bring a false sense of security. jed walks beside her, because she asked him if he would walk her home and he agreed with the same sincerity he showed the richardsons when interviewing them for a piece honoring their lost loved one. an added bonus she hadn’t asked for: he’s carrying the ( mostly empty ) crockpot, at his insistence. she breaks the stiff silence, gaze turning away from an alleyway they pass back to the path ahead of her.

❛ I appreciate you doing this — I can’t imagine how busy you are. ❜ is she holding him up from his deadline? shit, now that’s all she can think about. HEADLINE: GROWN WOMAN CAN’T WALK THREE BLOCKS HOME ALONE BECAUSE IT’S DARK OUTSIDE. in her defense, she has a decent excuse. anyone would. eager to fill the silence ( perhaps to quiet her own mind ), she’ll turn her head to look up at him, voice softening despite them being the only two people on the quiet suburban street. ❛ have you... is this the first time you’ve seen something like this? ❜ how do you handle it? she thinks, and then, does it ever get easier?

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