“Words can’t express what I’m feeling right now.”
She frowned, “Then don’t.” She left the door open this time and I couldn’t help wondering what part of the universe was being nice to me.
The receptionist came in to give me back my stuff. “She’ll meet you in the morning.”
“Thank you.”
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I barely had time to wrap my head around the fact that the court was giving me my son before he walked into the courtroom.
His little face was freckled over ivory skin and his hair matched mine. He had his mother’s hazel eyes and a sadness that I’d never seen on a child’s features before.
“Hey, they said I’m your kid. Where are you taking me?” He asked warily.
“With the permission of the judge, we’re booked on a flight to Texas to meet your grandmother and uncle Adam. Then when things get settled down, we’re going to come back and live in my cabin up in the woods around Cheyenne. Would you like that?”
He hid his excitement well, but I could hear an echo of his thoughts.
“I guess. I wasn’t doing anything else this week.” He shrugged nonchalantly.
“Your grandmother is so excited to meet you. You’re her first grandchild.”
He followed me out holding a black trash bag over his shoulder, “How come you never tried to get me before?”
“I didn’t know you existed. It’s a long story, but unless you don’t want to be my kid after trying it out, we’ll have plenty of time to discuss it.”
“It’s better than the state home. Guess, I can give it a try.”
“Great. Then let’s get you a bag for all of your stuff that easier to work with and head out.”
I turned back to Molly Brown, “I can’t thank you enough.”
“Just remember to check in when you get back and let your case worker know that your home.”
“Will do.”
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The Zodiac Master
I’d heard about Mary Ann’s child, but just like Agent Dalca I hadn’t even thought of the possibility that the child would be alive. This was an interesting turn of events. I wasn’t sure how I was going to make use of this, but there were a lot of probabilities available.
This month’s killer, Leo had already been chosen, but I was going to have to give him a few extra things to bring to crime scenes to throw our detectives off the track. They were solving these murders way too early and I was starting to lose interest in the game. They needed to have something more personal than just a note to bring them back in the game.
Maybe I’d take the gloves off and allow personal attacks if they didn’t actually harm their bodies.
Back to Texas and my home because even a psychopathic killer enjoyed sleeping in his own bed from time to time.
Make sure to check out the next exciting installment of the Leo: Murders of the Zodiac
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[AM1]Is Shea in real estate or a lawyer?
[AM2]I’m going to put this scene after the convo with Galen, but can’t until I get home to my computer. FYI
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