The Prophet Motive
“His eyes were a pair of tortured prisoners in adjoining caves.
“Marilyn,” he said, “something terrible’s happened.” In a hoarse and halting voice, he delivered his news . . .
“No,” she heard herself whisper. “That can’t be.” His words numbed her. Dizzied her. She stumbled backwards, turned, and wobbled across the room, through an open sliding glass door, and onto the rear balcony, where she halted, gripping a column for balance. Under the lash of her own guilt, the numbness fell away, l...ike flayed skin, and the sting of the horror touched her raw. She wailed into the night.
Behind her came footsteps. She turned to face Deputy Fry, telling him, “It’s my fault. I failed to protect him. And now his life is ruined. Captain Switzer’s too.”
“Don’t beat yourself up, Marilyn.” He crushed her with a bear hug. She spent her remaining tears in his arms.
When she could speak coherently again, she used the phone by the bedside to wake her co-worker and fellow police psychologist, Dale McPherson, from a sound sleep.MoreLess
“Marilyn,” he said, “something terrible’s happened.” In a hoarse and halting voice, he delivered his news . . .
“No,” she heard herself whisper. “That can’t be.” His words numbed her. Dizzied her. She stumbled backwards, turned, and wobbled across the room, through an open sliding glass door, and onto the rear balcony, where she halted, gripping a column for balance. Under the lash of her own guilt, the numbness fell away, l...ike flayed skin, and the sting of the horror touched her raw. She wailed into the night.
Behind her came footsteps. She turned to face Deputy Fry, telling him, “It’s my fault. I failed to protect him. And now his life is ruined. Captain Switzer’s too.”
“Don’t beat yourself up, Marilyn.” He crushed her with a bear hug. She spent her remaining tears in his arms.
When she could speak coherently again, she used the phone by the bedside to wake her co-worker and fellow police psychologist, Dale McPherson, from a sound sleep.MoreLess
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