Deadly Obsession by Mary Duncan Page B

wasn’t, Carol killed him. She didn’t seem remorseful at all.”
    They were arriving to their destination. They parked and went inside the hospital.
    “I’m Janice Avery and this is my brother, my daughter Carol was brought here a few hours ago. She was in a car accident, can I see her please?”
    “Be seated ma’am, I’ll see what I can find out for you.”
    It wasn’t long until she returned with the doctor.
    “Are you Mrs. Avery?”
    “Yes sir, how’s my daughter, is she okay?”
    “Follow me please.” The doctor advised.
    He led Janice and Jason to the chapel. As they travelled the distance of the hallways, anxiety grew. Reaching the chapel entrance, reality sunk in for Janice, Carol was gone. They followed the doctor in and sat down, by now the tears were flowing as she knew what the doctor had to tell her. She’d hoped this day would never arrive, yet here she stood, a mother isn’t supposed to outlive her children. She took Jason’s hand and held it tightly as she braced herself for the news.
    “As you know Carol was in a horrific car accident. The injuries she sustained were fatal, she died on impact; there was nothing we could do for her. I’m so sorry for your loss, if there’s anything we can do; don’t hesitate to let us know. We’ll need some information concerning arrangements for her body, and again, I’m so sorry Mrs. Avery.”
    Hysteria set in for Janice upon realization of true reality at that moment. Jason desperately tried to console her. His heart was breaking in two for his sister but there was no comforting her, her daughter was dead. Her only child had been tragically met by destruction. How could she ever overcome the horror she now felt, there was no bringing her back, she was gone forever.
    “This is my fault; I should have protected her. Why didn’t I take her and run away from him. Oh my God, why her, why did this happen to my baby?”
    “Janice, you can’t blame yourself. This isn’t your fault; you didn’t know what he was doing.”
    “I should have known; I should have stopped him. I’m her mother; it was my job to protect her.”
    Jason felt horrible for Janice, not only had she lost her only child but felt it was her fault. He held her tightly as she began to grieve for Carol. She finally managed to pull herself together and went to the receptionist and asked for direction on how to go about making arrangements for Carol’s body to be sent back to Georgia for her funeral. An officer approached.
    “Mrs. Avery, I’m the officer who spoke with you on the phone.”
    “Yes sir, how can I help you?”
    “First let me say, I’m very sorry for your loss. How much did you know concerning Carol’s circumstances with the police?”
    “I know they think that she kidnapped Dexter Crane but that’s about all I know. She made no mention of it.”
    “What does all of that have to do with what happened tonight?”
    “We were in pursuit of her when she crashed her car. She led us on a high speed chase. We still don’t know where Dexter Crane is as he wasn’t in the car with her. Do you know where she might have taken him?”
    “Why would I know, she didn’t tell me anything?”
    “Dexter made mention of a cabin during his last phone conversation with his fiancée; do you know where she might have been talking about?”
    “No I don’t, now if you’ll excuse me I need to make arrangements for my daughter’s body.”
    He turned and walked away, suddenly it hit Janice.
    “Wait a minute officer. There’s only one place that I know she could be talking about. We have a cabin in Ellijay; we vacationed there every summer when Carol was a kid.”
    She gave him directions. He was on his way to contact Georgia with the news of Carol Avery’s death as well as, the address to the cabin and as usual, it didn’t take the news long to circulate throughout the small community of Felton.
    Carmen had just put Zachary down for a nap when her mom appeared in the doorway. The