Lonestar Crime

"I needed to know what was going on," I told him. "Grand was my mentor and I wanted to find his killer." "Grand always said you were #inquisitive, and advised me to make sure that you didn't get into too much trouble. I talked to IA last night. You're cleared for duty." *** We walked out of the captain's office just as the rest of the team flooded into the bullpen. "Look #lively, people! Mrs Marcus is going to show us her handiwork thanks to the efforts of Garcia and Thibodeaux. We'll be able to give these families the closure they need." *** As we traveled toward the mass grave, the lack of sleep began to catch up with me. The #languor and sluggishness took over and I nodded off. Jaci woke me up and whispered, "We're here. Don't let the captain catch you napping." "I'm fine," I said, yawning and stretching. *** More than a dozen detectives and uniforms climbed out of several vehicles and we hauled ...

"When I was 15, I accidentally killed someone in a street fight. My record was sealed & I tried to move on. I became a musician & when I was on my first professional gig, a woman approached me and asked me for an #encore performance, to 'accidentally' kill a bar patron." *** "Who was she?" I asked. "She said her name was Grace. I know who and what she is now, but back then she helped me to fit in, to be myself, she gave me a family that understood me. I know she's a #charlatan and not a goddess, but I'm in too deep. I don't have a way out." *** As Mrs. Marcus talked, I realized that she wasn't trying to #obfuscate the truth. As she said, she knew that she had no way out of her situation. The question I had was why she was being so helpful. Why was she telling us everything instead of just sitting there quietly. *** "What happened once you joined the cult?" I asked. "We all had to go through a p...