Electronic Kill Machine

You Did What?

Jason Weir and Jim Morel were eating when Weir brought up the fact that Ant was in a bad place lately.

"He spent all his money," Weir said.

"Damn," Jim said. "We need to get you on track, though, Jay," Jim suggested.

Weir had an odd look about him. "Marina," he said quietly, leaning in toward Jim, "she didn't exactly die on her own."

"What? What do you mean?" Jim was "floored" by the comment, he said. At first, he thought, I don't want to know anything more ... don't tell me anything ...I don't want to know.

"Tom [Lally] ... he beat her to death."

"Huh?" The thoughts that ran through Jim's mind, he later remembered, were of his own grandmother, such a fragile woman, like Marina, being beaten by three kids. What Marina must have gone through. The pain. The fear.

Then, No, I don't want to know. Don't tell me ...

"But curiosity, you know, it's gets the best of you," Jim recalled. "I had to know."

"What happened?" he asked Weir.

"Tom hit her with a frying pan."

• Print version
• Email this
• Digg it
• del.icio.us

1. Payback
2. The Band
3. Norton
4. Best Friend
5. Different
6. Killing 101
7. Evolution of the Perfect Crime
8. Slackers
9. The Neighbor
10. Dead ... Go Home
11. Dark Christmas
12. Phone Call
13. Scratches
14. Alibi
15. Every Detail
16. Set Up
17. Blueprint for Murder
18. Reaction
19. Crime Scene
20. Autopsy
21. The Con
22. The Family
23. Guilt by Association
24. Breakdown
25. Cash Money
26. High
27. Role Playing
28. Gone
29. Little Sis
30. You Did What?
31. Panic
32. Pandora's Box
33. Murderer
34. The Wire
35. The Sweater
36. Murder Redux
37. The Call
38. Misunderstanding
39. Close Call
40. One Last Time
41. Busted
42. Tough Guy
43. The Chosen One
44. Pillow Case
45. Heartless
46. Conclusion
47. Bloody Jog
48. After Words