The cruiser stopped on the bridge and police opened the door for a woman in her late forties.
She had been brought as witness, but Detective Dave Drummond had a warrant with her name in his pocket.
“There….”, she pointed to the river-bed.
He saw the telltale pattern in the dirt.and lighted another cigarette, knowing well that staying silent is the best way to make them talk.
The wind tousled her hair… she was crying.
“I didn’t kill my husband…. “
Dave cuffed her tenderly, reading from his Miranda card:
“Mrs Simmons, you have the right to remain silent… “
© Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
Today just a quick scene from the life of a black widow… she of course will be acquitted.
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Clever cop
Ha… I think she is more clever.
Ha, love your postscript – of course she will get away with it, especially if there is no physical evidence!
She will go on and marry the cop…
Why do I think he probably needed killing?
It depends… she might also have needed the house and the money.
“cuffed her tenderly” … I love that.
He is falling in love with the black widow.
Intriguing snippet of a story! Nicely done.
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Thank you… I try my best to write something… this time it could be a beginning or an end.
Nice detective thing. Loved the PS also.
The PS makes us think that she has other plans than going to prison.
darn, he’s good. 🙂
🙂
Dear Björn,
I love the undercurrent of this story. Well done, sir.
Shalom,
Rochelle
There is definitely some dark water under the bridge.
She lives to kill another day!
Maybe there will be a dead Detective next time…
I had the feeling she was racked with guilt and wanted to confess in reality, she just needed a gentle push.
Oh… she will manage to pull through with a gentle slap on her shoulder…
A layered story. I think there’s so much sub-plot to develop here.
This could be part of a larger story… I need to think about that 🙂
This summer Connie and I interviewed several possible tenants for our rental properties. If you kept your mouth shut, and listened, pretty soon the bad ones always told on themselves.
I work in procurement, and silence is the best tool in all negotiations
Very intriguing. Despite your postscript, I think she killed him, but I am a suspicious person!
Yes … I think that might be true.
Silence is also the salesperson’s most useful tool. First to speak usually loses!
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I work in procurement- same thing applies
Intriguing snippet, Bjorn!
Thank you
If she will be acquitted, I hope she at least does the world the favor of never marrying again! Great work, very atmospheric I enjoyed the read.
She will marry the detective I think
Makes one wonder just how long this cop has been tailing her…
I think she might have been tailing him 🙂
That may be! 🙂
So many ways to interpret what really might have happened. Nicely done.
More than one way this could play
I want more!
I love a good whodunnit.
Ha… yes it could have have happened many different things here
Detective inspector has more up his sleeve than he is letting us know. Let us wait and see if he can make his prisoner talk.
The more she will talk the more he’ll be trapped.
Nicely done Bjorn, with just the right element of noir
You know… noir is what we breathe here in Sweden (especially in November)
when I read this I thought, perhaps her husband jumped. The I read your additional part that mentioned the life of the black widow. Yes he jumped.
Or maybe he was helped to jump…
Maybe not. Maybe this time, a sharp lawyer will see through her tears.
She will be free to marry the detective.
Intriguing take, Bjorn.
Thank you…
An intriguing story with lots of layers. The cop is doomed, he’s fallen for her already (tenderly cuffing her). She knows how to use her tears.
Yes… she is already pondering where to bury the detective.
many an innocent get convicted. n
Loved that, you are clever, the widow overly keen to say she didn’t kill her husband me thinks…
Yes She was a bit too quick to deny guilt
A well crafted story, I really like ‘voice’ of Dave, and ambience you create. Well done.
Fabulous. Looking forward to reading more 😉
Very intriguing indeed!