Garretsville Crimes - Chapter 4

I'm beginning to wonder if 'chapters' are entirely appropriate, so much as just 'parts I've decided to write and leave on my harddrive for long periods of time only to edit them early in the morning because that's how I roll'.  :|

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Garretsville Crimes - Chapter 3.2

NOTE:  I'm trying to get back to writing this.  The first like... six paragraphs have been sitting on my computer since just after posting the last chapter.

It's kind of sad. :(

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NOTES: Due to having shoulder surgery, the following was written using a Livescribe Echo Smartpen, and editted with one hand and painkillers :D so it's not perfect, but I've already warned you lovely people that I'm writing for fun.  If I were to get these compiled and (likely self-) published, these would be cleaned up and holes between chapters filled better.  Thanks for reading always!

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The name left on that napkin meant very little to Nalia. The warning to avoid everyone with the last name DeCleric was bizarre in itself. How in the world would she find Macrae DeCleric if she couldn't speak to his family? It seemed like a wild goose chase, considering.  Instead of stressing it right then, Nalia decided to take Dennick Sharpe's other advice: get someone who knew "all sides" of her to come to Desai. Her first choice had been Hammond Shuu. However, he was so busy with his new art gallery, he wouldn't be available for some time. The warning to get someone who knew Nalia--all of Nalia--to help her search wasn't lost on her. So a call was made to her world. It would take a day, which Nalia would need. Red's sentencing was the day after her "dinner date", and she was awfully interested in seeing how that was going to go. She had no official role unless Thomas Frenz called on her, but she could be there to watch. She heard Desai criminal proceedings were interesting. Desai judges apparently encouraged media circuses.

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“Is there anything else I can bring you two?” their peppy waitress asked as she bounced in place.

Nalia Inez looked over at the man who asked her out to that small restaurant.  When he didn’t answer, she furrowed her brow for a second, before offering a smile to the girl, no older than nineteen.  “No, thank you,” she said.  “We’ll wave for you if we need anything.”

“You got it!”

The waitress spirited off, leaving Nalia to look at Dennick Sharpe with scrutinizing eyes.  “Are you naturally that rude?” she asked.

“Pretty much,” Dennick replied passively, not at all apologetic.  He had yet to touch his food, looking more than ready to dive right in to the real reason he dragged Nalia out of her hotel room with no warning.  She sighed and waved her fork-holding hand at him and he didn’t skip a beat.  He leaned in, fingers of his hands lacing together in front of his face.  “You really need to get out of here first chance you get.”

Garretsville Crimes - Chapter Three

Note:  As I’ve said, I decided to set this story in a place that I know.  Garretsville isn’t an exact mirror to my current town of residence, but it’s damn close in population and types of people.  For example, the butcher mentioned in the front of the chapter.  I don’t believe our butcher actually runs a shop (storefront), but he does do exactly as described otherwise.  I kind of feel it necessary to emphasize this since, before living here, I would’ve thought what a lot of people do: that people in towns like this are brutal like the big corporate farms.  Now, granted, we have our problem people, but we’ll get to those people too.  Man, this is cathartic!

Also, I had intended for this chapter to be much longer and actually complete the storyline in this chapter alone.  However, before I could do this, I had a situation with a donkey and his kicking me around for half an hour, and so I'll have to conclude this next week.  :(

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Garretsville Crimes: Chapter 2

I may start considering posting a little more frequently.  We'll see!

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Garretsville Crimes - UnAutopsy Reports

Kind of like having a merry happy unbirthday, only with the same amount of death by a slightly increased amount of bleeding.

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AUTOPSY REPORT autopsy was not performed – form filed based on actual events

OFFICE of the GARRETSVILLE CITY MEDICAL EXAMINER

DATE and HOUR AUTOPSY WAS PERFORMED:  May 28^th, 2011; autopsy was not performed

Performed and Evaluated By: Michael Hays, M.D.

Assistant:   Monica Dupree, M.D.