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Chapter XXII
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Brom nodded his head slowly. Yeah, the timelines on the case would be screwy if they would to try to fit Cheryl in any theory of the case. He cleared his throat, “Yeah, Cheryl is just a question mark at this point. It would be hard to fit her into the timeline of events.”
He paused, then looked steadily at Bette, then at Mike. He continued, “I think now’s a good time to bring something up, actually, based on some early analysis that we have, and theories I’ve developed about the case.” Mike nodded, “Alright. I’ll just add to what I was talking about from my end later on.”
Bette smiled at Brom expectantly. While they were waiting for Mike to connect to them via video conference to her home office, Brom had told her that he had spent some time pulling a theory or two together, and felt that if they agreed with his theory, this would mean they’d have to adjust their plan about how to find out who was after Bette.
“Okay, here’s my theory: I think we’re dealing with layers of motivations here, and that there is a puppet master at the root of everything, pulling the strings, but hasn’t shown himself or herself yet. He or she is using others … including those in your list, Mike,” he started.
Mike formed a steeple with his fingers, and rested his head on them, keeping silent, lost in thought, preparing to connect up the facts as he and the team knew them, with what Brom was saying. Bette sat up, looking at Brom worriedly. Layers? Puppet master? Just what were they dealing with?
Brom breathed out, “Bette, I think there is, indeed, a romantic angle, to this. The willingness to use details of what a lover in your past knows about you, injecting or feeding this into the treatments that Mike and his team have dug out in LA, indicate as much. So with regard to the treatments, the things they’ve done so far strike me as the work of someone who has been following you closely or knows you intimately. Normally, that would mean a love interest.”
He looked at Mike, “But I don’t think a bad break-up is enough motivation for someone to have expended this much thought, energy, patience, and frankly, money. Developing several treatments, etc, requires resources, patience, follow-up, maybe even leverage. And the scheme has a certain um… sophistication and patience involved that revenge for an old hurt doesn’t quite tick all the boxes with me for. I think the whole romantic angle may have been put in there to distract us from something else. It’s a ruse, or “head-fake”– important only on the surface of things. The presence of a former employee, one of my best, I might add, here in New York also tells me there is another layer to this.”
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Love this story. Keeps me guessing. Thanks
Hi thanks for the post! I’m sure its going to be someone we least expect it to be. PPS
I’m so glad you are back. Thank you for the excellent update. What a tangled web Bette does weave! There are so many twists and turns to even venture a guess who presents the most danger to Bette and Tina. Is it Eric seeking revenge against Tina? Is it that Lauren person? Her family has a huge art collection to archive. Not Kelly or Jodie, please. So many questions to be answered. Please continue to post.
Omg, this is a amazing story.
I am not sure i ever commented, but this story has everything, Love, danger, intrigues
I wonder who is after Bette and Tina. Maybe a (supposed) close friend of them.
Thank you for sharing your story with us.
Great chapter!!! I so hope its not Jody going after Bette. This story just keeps getting better. Thank you PPS
Hi there, Thanks for checking in! Hope you’re all well (and warm. This snow season is hanging around too long, don’t you think?)
Am trying to figure out how to add a music file — the last scene in this chapter can be way cooler (or hotter!) with the song I wrote the scene for/to. I don’t think what I tried, in trying to hotlink the music, was working. Have figured out the last few chapters for the book … and they rock! (according to random people I asked to preview outlines for them). Just trying to find the time to write them all out. But let me know what you think as they roll out :-)
Oh, the plot definitely grows thicker! Spencer’s the obvious choice of bad guy… too bad that they didn’t let his surname slip, else Tina may have been able to help. That omission may prove costly…
Glad you’re back, post soon! Cheers :)
Oh my, this is very intense and interesting. I hope that the girls are not put through too much danger. Boy oh boy Bette was a busy girl.
Hmmm… I wonder who is after Bette? Can’t figure this one out and that’s a good thing. Post soon please!
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