Magnifying Glass

I honestly didn’t expect this kind of reaction from Asher. I killed her for him. I didn’t do this for my own gain. Why isn't he just leaving her alone? She should be resting in peace, instead of being bothered by Asher. He should be coming home to me and the kids, instead of acting crazy over a woman who used him for play. I was just about to tell Ezra all of this until Asher got out of the car. “Baby, I'm sorry for saying all that stuff. I'm just really stressed out.” He said, looking as if he was about to cry. Sure he was. I didn't want to keep pushing on, so I just whispered into the phone, “I'll text you if I need anything.” What do I need to do to make this man see what's right Infront of him? He will not go back to that lady's house. He will drive to go pick up our kids, and he will love me, like any person's husband would do.

"If I get into that car, here's what's going to happen. We will go call the cops and tell them what you saw, and then we will drive to pick up our kids. What if they start suspecting you did it?" I said to him, as he gently touched my hand. I Swear to God, sometimes I don't know why he acts like that. WHY ARE YOU SO CONCERNED ABOUT SOMEONE YOU BARELY KNOW? But then he starts to talk all sweet and look at me with those eyes, and he makes me feel like we're on our honeymoon again. I miss our honeymoon. I miss us.

FLASH BOOK TO VIOLETS AND ASHERS HONEYMOON

"These are so good!" I laughed, as I bit into the chocolate strawberry. Asher smiled at me, he looked so genuine. nothing could keep us apart. we were on our honeymoon, I'm married. I'm a married woman with one kid. The perfect life. I'm going to live the life, my mom didn't get to live. I will make him happy. "Look at the beautiful sunset!" Asher gleamed, his eyes focused on the sunset. I looked at the beautiful orange sky above us. It's like this moment could last forever. I felt a nudge on my chin as my face turned towards Asher's. He pulled me in for a passionate kiss. It felt like he didn't want to let me go, like I was the only girl he'd ever wish for. I wish time could stop. I wish we could pause at this moment and never hit play.

END OF FLASHBACK

"What do I say? I'm nervous." Asher whined to me as I tried to feel comfortable in the seat. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, but I quickly opened them as I got a vision/flashback of Audrey's dead body on the bed. It's been happening a lot lately. I close my eyes for a few seconds, and that's all I see. It will go away with time. "Just describe exactly what you saw. Nothing less and nothing more." I said to him, taking deep breaths as I felt goosebumps on my skin. "Alright, let's just get it over with.” I motioned for him. He clicked the call button, and dialed 911. "Hello, My name is Asher. My assistant didn't show up for work today so I went by her house to check on her. Her back door was wide open, and I went to her room and um ... She was dead on the bed. There was blood ... lots of it. " Asher panicked. The 911 operator asked him a few things but honestly my head was spinning. What did I do? I'm a criminal, it hasn't even been less than 24 hours and I'm already feeling like I want to confess my crimes. I heard Asher saying something, but I blocked out everything surrounding me. I did this for Asher. I did it for him, I'm not crazy. I'm not a criminal. I felt tears swelling in my eyes. Why the heck am I crying? That's hella suspicious. Jesus, I'm a mess.

It's been a few hours since the incident in the car happened. The kids are home, and I'm home. I'm resting well, at least trying to take a nap. But I'm scared to even sleep. What if I get a nightmare of Audrey or her spirit comes to attack me? Did my mom think about this when she murdered my father? I haven't talked to her in like 3 weeks. We've never been close but I at least like to check if she's dead or alive. Asher went back to work, I assume he's trying to distract his mind with work, but it seems like he's traumatized from what he saw. I did it for his benefit, not my benefit. I was dozing off until I heard my phone ring. “Hello?” I croaked into the phone. There was breathing for a few seconds. “Baby, can you come to my office, they have some new things on what happened to Audrey” I heard Asher's voice say. “You were sleeping? Sorry for waking you up.” He added.

I got up from the bed and changed into a pair of jeans. Asher didn't hang up. “Who are they?” I asked suspiciously. “The Police” He grunted, as if he was getting up from a chair. I put on my most comfortable skating vans, trying to match with my black jeans. “Type of shirt?” I asked into the phone, looking through the drawers in our closet. “You know that criss cross, barely crop topped shirt or whatever?” He asked. “I was just thinking about that” I responded back into the phone, pulling off my sweatshirt. “Alright, I'm gonna drop off the kids at Ezra’s house.” I said before hanging up the phone. I heard a faint okay before I pressed the red button. Ezra loved babysitting the kids. She always called it “hanging out” since Steph didn't like being babysat.

“Hi, I’m here!” I said as I hurried and closed the door to Asher’s office. The police officers were sitting on ASher’s couch while Aher pranced around the room in a panic. “We need to speak with you and your husband!” The first officer said to me, There were two officers. One girl, One boy. I relaxed my face muscles, trying to make it look as if I wasn’t the one who murdered Audrey. Me and Asher both sat down at the couch across from the officers. “Asher, what was Audrey Thomas to you? Answer honestly.” The girl officer said. Her name tag gleamed Officer Roberts. Asher readjusted himself in his seat. “She was my new assistant. My old assistant was moving away so I had to hire a new one. Audrey was just my assistant.” He responded to the officer, his voice sounded stiff. Such a liar! Honestly, I wouldn’t expect Asher to lie to the police. Officer Roberts smirked, “Well in her diary we found it seemed like she was a lot more than an assistant.” ASher cleared his throat and started holding my hands. “Ma’am what does this have to do with Audrey’s murder?” I asked her politely.

The male officer finally said “Well, we just wanted to ask a few questions. In Audrey’s diary, she seemed to be very fond of Asher, and what if there was a jealous colleague? And that colleague had a motive to murdering Audrey. But that's not why we came here. We found some camera footage from the streetlight of Audre’s neighborhood.” I gulped. Jesus, don’t look nervous Violet.

“We saw a car parked there, and we’re working on detecting the owner of the license plate. We didn’t see if the person got out of the car because the footage was suddenly erased or deleted. “ Officer Roberts said. Me and Asher exchanged glances and nodded. Shoot, Shoot. Shoot me now please. I have to call Jason and Era and the whole squad. “We’re going to go now!” Th male officer said to us. They escorted themselves out, closing the door behind them.

“You don’t have to worry!” Ezra said, trying to console me. The kids were now asleep and I was busy telling Ezra everything the police said. I felt like I wanted to cry and scream. “No it’s not fine. We’re caught! We’re so caught! We’re dead! Call Jason!” I said, panicking. Asher was staying back at work, and it turned out he had a meeting or two. Ezra rubbed her temples “Ok, I have a plan. I’m gonna call my cousin, Mason. The hacker. I will tell him to change the identity thing. I’ll tell him to change the license plate owner to a random so Jason doesn’t get caught and we don’t get caught.” I clapped my hands together and hugged Ezra, I almost heard angels singing. “I’m saved, I’m saved. God is rewarding me for my actions.God knows where my heart's at. I wasn’t intending to kill her that badly!” I shouted, sniffling as tears ran down my cheeks. Ezra faintly nodded “You need a getaway. Lik girl, you look rough. I didn’t want to be mean but it looks like you gained a few!” I widened my eyes, she was right but still, why is she telling me that? “I do. I need a getaway. I need to go to someone where I’ll feel understood.” I need to feel safe, for once in my life.