Infidelity: A Fictional Narrative

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“That was her nickname. I read it in her journal.”
“What else did you find?”
“From what I’ve read so far, her husband was a cruel man. His cruelty is what drove her to run away with Sean. That and the fact that they fell in love. I don’t normally condone infidelity, but in her case I can sympathize.” Out of the corner of her eye, Casey could see Ray physically wince when she mentioned infidelity.
“Why is that?” Fiona asked.
“Lacey’s father forced her to marry a man she didn’t love at the age of sixteen. He was as old as her father, and he was abusive. I don’t know how I would have reacted in the same situation.”
Fiona continued with her questioning, “Why didn’t she get a divorce? Then they could have gotten married.”
“Divorce was an option except it always favored the husband. He would …show more content…
No one in Madison knew Lacey already had a husband when she moved here. Francois was never considered a suspect. He could have been the man found on the landing. I’ve tried to piece that night together to come up with a reasonable scenario. Did Lacey have someone kill Sean for the inheritance? Did Sean set up an elaborate scheme to kill Lacey’s husband, or was the other party killed that night someone unrelated to either of them.”
“How do you think you can solve a murder mystery that happened nearly a century-and-a-half ago? Sweetheart, I know you love to read mystery novels, but this is a real-life crime. It’s best to leave it in the hands of law enforcement.”
“It’s a cold case, and no one cares any longer. I don’t know how I can solve this crime. I haven’t figured it out, yet, but I know I want to try. It may seem crazy, but I feel like the house wants me to find the truth. That’s it’s waited for me all these years.”
Emily finally spoke as she’d been silent throughout the conversation, “I think it’s best to leave the past in the past. Usually, nothin’ good comes from diggin’ it
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