Vinyl music, long outdated, but reminds me of my childhood
so much. The skips and worn sound, no record is the same as another. Even if
they have the same songs, the grooves are unique and different. I drop my
favorite on the player and set the needle. The Sapphire Vibrations, a small
band from Connecticut that never got big in here in the states, but blew up in
Eastern Europe. A nice mix of R&B with a lot of jazz influence.
I toss the fairy dust onto the table and grab a glass of
water and my laptop. Removing my jacket and shoes I relax on the sofa. Leaning
forward I separate a small part of the fairy dust. Not enough for a lasting
high, but enough to serve my purpose. I use my finger to break up any clumps
and slowly scoop it into a thin rolling piece of rolling paper. I lick the
sweet, shiny glue and seal the fairy dust in a nice handcrafted cigarette. I
repeat the process twenty more times, until I can fill a neat pack of
cigarettes. I toss it into my coat pocket and return to the dust. I make one
more smile cigarette. This time I bring it to my lips and spark the lighter.
A brief rush of adrenaline fills my body as I’m ripped from
my seat and instantly brought back. The first hit is always the strongest. I’m
a bit of a relic. I smoke the fairy dust, because I’m not addict looking to get
high. Most of what would create a magical high is burned off by the flame.
These days, almost everyone snorts fairy dust directly up their nose, chasing a
high, avoiding the other meaningful uses. Part of the reason the price keeps
growing up. I hear a city out in Maryland has legalized it, price has dropped a
lot with it being massed produced by the fairies themselves. A great thing, sign
of the times, perhaps our country is changing and not diving deep into the
depths of hell. Only time will tell.
It doesn’t take long for me to pull up the death certificate
for Ci-Ci’s husband. The name is common, and I couldn’t find any that listed a
“Ci-Ci,” as a surviving spouse, but I did find a Sierra Evans whose husband
died on Halloween. There was no autopsy performed which makes this a little
harder. All I have to go on is her word, as far as I know she could have killed
him herself. Wouldn’t be the first time a murderer tried to revive their victim
after getting a guilty conscience.
Sierra is who I decide to look into first, there’s no reason
she shouldn’t be a suspect. Age 36 works as a TSA agent, a shitty job. The
address listed for her is in a home that’s way out of a TSA agents price range.
A little more digging shows she is indeed registered, or was anyway. Her
license lapsed in the year following her husband’s death and she never sought
to reactivate it. Doesn’t mean she’s guilty of murder, but it does show she
feels remorse about it. Could be she chose the job that got him killed. I can’t
connect her to any of the people on the kill list, so I guess I move on to the
brother.
Jonah Evans, a little harder to find, but I find him buried in
her friend’s list. Social media, really is a curse. Everyone is friends, but
nobody is actually friends. You don’t know these people but you’re supposed to call
them friends and share your life with them. Social media isn’t all that social
if you ask me. A tool for control to chip away at the self confidence of
millions by the boat load. People post only the good, and eventually others are
upset their life doesn’t match the quality they think is required of them. I
predict social media will lead us to a world war or genocide at some point in
the future.
But back to Jonah, he’s boring. An adrenaline junkie who
likes motorcycles and hard liquor. He’ll be a skid mark on the road in no time
if he’s mixing the two together. No active relationships, really seems to enjoy
movies and that’s about it. More interesting, I find him in the database of the
Shadow Syndicate. He’s been registered for some time, and pretty active. Seems
like he specializes in dispelling dark magic. That’s interesting, not enough to
make him the killer. But enough that I make note of it, could be useful in the
future. Also makes me wonder why Ci-Ci didn’t go to him for help with the
resurrection, unless he advised her against it already. Then again, she may not
know his specialization, the two don’t interact much online. Can’t imagine they
interact much in the regular world either.
I guess Ci-Ci is my best choice for the murderer right now. Back
to the old days of following her, seeing what she does. Perhaps I can find out
how she commits the murders. Either that or I’ll get arrest for stalking. I
really hope she’s the killer.
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