Walk a Black Wind
“The Crawford mansion was alight through the trees in the steady rain. I parked in front. A maid opened the door, took me into the living room. The Crawfords were there, both of them—Katje Crawford in a dark red slack suit that suited her lean body, and Crawford drinking.
“Felicia was here,” Crawford said. “She told us.”
“Is she still here?”
“No. She went to a motel with that young Indian,” he said, and shook his head. “It’s almost impossible to believe.”
I said, “That Ralph Blackwind’s alive af...ter you both tried to bury him eighteen years ago?”
Katje Crawford sat up straight. “He attacked us. He almost got the girls killed. He shot my father. I had a right to my own life. We had made a mistake, he should have seen that. Instead, he went crazy, and afterwards Martin defended him, got him less punishment than he deserved.”
“You cut him out of your big life like a wart,” I said. “The annulment was a cheat and a fix. Crawford had the money and power to do it.MoreLess
“Felicia was here,” Crawford said. “She told us.”
“Is she still here?”
“No. She went to a motel with that young Indian,” he said, and shook his head. “It’s almost impossible to believe.”
I said, “That Ralph Blackwind’s alive af...ter you both tried to bury him eighteen years ago?”
Katje Crawford sat up straight. “He attacked us. He almost got the girls killed. He shot my father. I had a right to my own life. We had made a mistake, he should have seen that. Instead, he went crazy, and afterwards Martin defended him, got him less punishment than he deserved.”
“You cut him out of your big life like a wart,” I said. “The annulment was a cheat and a fix. Crawford had the money and power to do it.MoreLess
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