Getting Away With Murder
By Laura Ware
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“What would you do if you knew you could get away with it?” For Mitch, the answer is simple - he'd murder Harry Bradshaw. The question takes Mitch down a road that leads to an opportunity. But he learns that getting away with something can be the easy part...
LAURA WARE’s column “Laura’s Look” runs weekly in the Highlands County News Sun. Along with her numerous epublished works she has sold several short stories to various publications; one appeared in a Pocket Books anthology. Laura lives in Central Florida.
Laura Ware
Laura Ware writes in a variety of genres. Her novels are mostly inspirational fiction, although she is currently working on a fantasy series as well. Her short fiction ranges from mainstream to fantasy/science fiction and several things in between. Her stories have been published in a number of Fiction River anthologies, including Past Crime, Last Stand, Editor’s Choice and Feel the Fear. Laura also writes a weekly column for the Highlands News-Sun and her essay “Touched by an Angel” was published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Random Acts of Kindness in 2017.
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Getting Away With Murder - Laura Ware
GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER
Laura Ware
Includes bonus story, IN THE BAG
Also includes the first 17 chapters Laura Ware’s debut novel, DEAD HYPOCRITES
Getting Away With Murder. Copyright © 2012 by Laura Ware
In the Bag. Copyright © 2012 by Laura Ware
Dead Hypocrites. Copyright © 2011 by Laura Ware
Published by JJ Press at Smashwords
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All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction, in whole or in part in any form. This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER
IN THE BAG
DEAD HYPOCRITES
COPYRIGHT INFO
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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There’s a Spanish proverb that says, Nothing bad lasts 100 years.
I gotta admit I’m not worried about 100 years. I’m thinking more about the rest of my life. Will this nightmare I’m in last that long?
I’ve started at the end. To understand what I’m talking about, we have to go back to when it started – a rainy Monday morning in a small town you’ve probably never heard of. Big enough for a mall and a Home Depot, but not so big that you’d hear about it on the national news. Not even given what happened.
So my buddies and I are sitting at a table at the local coffee shop, getting our caffeine fixes before braving a new work week. There’s me, Chuck, and Dave – just three guys trying to wake up after a weekend of fun and games.
Chuck’s going on and on about this gal he met at the local watering hole over the weekend. Dave and I listen and roll our eyes at each other when Chuck isn’t looking – I mean, the guy’s my friend but he goes through women like Imelda Marcos went through shoes. Me? I was between relationships at the moment. And Dave was married to his childhood sweetheart.
The conversation died down after Chuck finished, and I was just thinking about getting a refill and heading out to the office when Dave suddenly asked, What would you do if you knew you could get away with it?
Chuck groaned. What kind of question is that? Julie ask you that one?
I’m serious,
Dave said. I was thinking about it this weekend…I mean, don’t you ever wish you could get away with something?
I get away with stuff all the time,
Chuck said, taking a bite of his blueberry scone. Julie got ya on a leash again? You thinking you want to wander?
Dave looked uncomfortable. I love Julie. But…yeah, I’ve wondered what things would be like with someone else.
I shook my head. You have a good thing. I wouldn’t mess with it.
I’m not saying I would,
Dave said quickly. I’m just…thinking, you know?
Chuck snorted. What about you, Mitch? Anything you’d do if you could get away with it?
Easy,
I said. I’d kill Harry Bradshaw.
Can’t say I blame you for that one,
Chuck said with a sympathetic look.
Wow,
Dave said, shaking his head. You sure know how to carry a grudge. It’s been what, two years?
And Gina’s still not over it,
I pointed out. They were practically engaged, for crying out loud!
Remind me not to get on your bad side,
Dave responded. He glanced at his watch. Well, gentlemen, time for me to start earning my paycheck.
Me too,
I said, pushing my chair back and grabbing my empty cup. I hate Mondays.
Who doesn’t?
Chuck said. He gave me a grin. Let me know if you need an alibi for anything, Mitch.
I chuckled as I headed to the counter for my refill. Yeah, right, Chuck.
Funny how things can start from some kind of an offhand remark. A not-so-serious question.
What isn’t so funny is the downward turn that started from that moment. The moment the thought was planted in my head.
What if I could get away with murder?
* * * * *
According to my mother, the Bible says that hating someone is murdering them in your heart. If that’s the case, then the innards of my heart are dark with Harry Bradshaw’s blood.
The night after my conversation with the guys Gina and I got together for dinner as usual. She was having a bad day. Gina suffered from depression, and even with medication she’d sometimes slip into this dark place.
So, did you go out with that guy from work?
I asked her after we ordered our meals at the Olive Garden.
She toyed with the straw in her diet soda. Yeah. It was okay.
Just okay?
I asked.
He was nice,
she sighed. But he wasn’t Harry, you know?
I gripped my ice water. Good. Harry –
Don’t,
she said quickly. Harry…Harry is special. He’s the only guy who really cared about me and didn’t push for anything.
I bit back my next words. Harry Bradshaw had been my sister’s first – scratch that, to date, her only – love. Their relationship was hot and heavy for a year, with talk of marriage and kids – the whole nine yards.
Then one day he called her up on the phone and said it was over. Said he just didn’t care for her like that anymore even though she was a nice enough girl. On the phone! Louse couldn’t even break up with her in person!
Gina went into a tailspin after that. She’d struggled with depression before meeting