Deadly Obsession by Mary Duncan

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    “I’ll check the report but just to be on the safe side for now, I must ask you not to leave town until all of this has been cleared up.”
    “Where would I go, I haven’t done anything wrong.”
    Carmen showed the officer to the door. She couldn’t believe it; Carol had tried to frame her with Ada’s death.
    In the meantime, Carol Avery was wondering the country-side aimlessly. She had no idea where she was going but was scared to remain in any one place for a long period of time for fear of being identified. The authorities in Georgia had issued an APB for her arrest, her picture along with a description of her car would be given to every state. Every highway cop in the country was searching for her. And though she knew it was only a matter of time before they found her, she wouldn’t willingly turn herself in.
    Unfortunately    the    fuel    light   was
    blinking; Carol had no choice but to stop for gas. She pulled into a station and took a cap from her passenger’s seat and put it on, lessening her chances of being noticed. She then reached into her purse and pulled out a hundred dollar bill and took it inside to pay the attendant.
    She quickly pumped her gas and got into her car. As she pulled away from the pumps, she noticed a police car circling the lot. She tried to remain calm but it only lasted a short moment, she panicked. Her only focus was getting out of here as quickly as she could but the car’s sudden acceleration immediately gained her attention from the policeman, prompting him to follow after her.
    Carol gave no recognition to the blue flashing lights or the loud sirens following behind her. She recklessly led the chase in and out of traffic, giving no thought or concern for the innocent lives she now placed in danger. Freedom was her only priority and she refused to give up until she found it. Her life was flashing before her eyes, uncertain as to which crossroad she had chosen this dead-end turn which caused her to end up here in this moment. Her mind was racing with endless thoughts; it was too late to turn back and there was nowhere to go from here. There was no way out, only one thing left for her to do now. She pulled her cell from her purse.
    “Mom, it’s me”
    “Carol where are you, what’s wrong?”
    “I need to know, why did you let daddy be so mean to me all those years?”
    “I’m sorry Carol; he was mean to me too. I tried to stop him but there was nothing I could do.”
    “You could have left him, had him locked up, killed him. You should have done something to protect me but you didn’t. That’s why I had to take care of him.”
    “You killed your father? I thought it was an accident, you said he fell down the embankment. How could you kill your own father?”
    “It was easy after everything he did to me. Did you know about the molestation? Did you let him do that too?”
    “What are you talking about Carol?”
    “He came into my bedroom at night and he raped me, time and time again, while you were in the next room asleep. How could you not know?”
    “Oh Carol, I’m so sorry, I didn’t know, I swear I didn’t.”
    “I hope you’re telling me the truth mom. I love you; I have to go now.”
    Janice, Carol’s mother, was sickened by the strange conversation she’d just had with Carol. She thought her husband’s death was accidental but his own daughter had taken his life, and given the newly learned details she somewhat understood how she could do it. All the beatings they’d received at his hands wasn’t the extent of the abuse suffered as her daughter was being forced to satisfy her husband’s sick sexual obsessions.
    Without another thought, Carol guided her car into a telephone pole standing at the side of the roadway. The speedometer registered 100 mph, causing her chance of survival to be absolutely none. She had sealed her fate in the mangled wreckage, ending her life instantly upon impact. Her cares were ended and she was