Brad loved her and understood. However, Katie and Allison missed their mother and wanted to be with her. It was bedtime for Katie and Allison it was a school night. Scarlett said a nighttime prayer with the children before tucking them into bed. She read Katie her favorite bedtime story Cinderella. Allison snuggled up to Katie as she fell asleep. Scarlett stayed in the bedroom with the children until they were asleep. When the children were asleep, she sat in the rocking chair and watched them sleep. The peace on their face and the beauty of her two children was an enjoyable sight to see. Scarlett was transformed into a world of peace and happiness. The thoughts of murder and the job had escaped from her. Scarlett gently rubbed the head of the children and kissed them on the head. The moment was special to Scarlett. She did not know when and if there would be a next time. She knew one day she may go to work and never return. Each day was precious it could be her last.
Scarlett went to bed as usual. She began dreaming. During the dream she walk up to a house, the numbers on the house were 1452. As she entered the house, she saw a little boy laying on a red rug. He was crying asking his mother to return. Scarlett talked to him trying to provide comfort. The little boy told her “My mommy left me because I had dark hair like my dad. She had the most beautiful blonde hair in the world. Why did she love me?” Scarlett held him in her arms with tears in her eyes. She looked up the room walls were filled with bookshelves. The shelves were filled with mannequin heads with blonde wigs. The wigs were all lengths but all of them were blonde. The corner of the room was a clothesline with blonde scalps hanging on it. The scalps were being cured. Like trapper dried fur to be shipped to market. Scarlett started walking into the next room of the house. A man was standing behind the door. He placed a wire around her neck and attempted to strangle her. She was having a vision of her death. She suddenly woke up with her heart pounding and scared.
Scarlett took a hot shower and pulled herself together. She arrived at the office. The mail was sitting on her desk. She opened an envelope address to her. Inside was a letter that read, “You are next.” She began to shake because it was a threat on her life. The killer was saying “You are my next victim.” She knew the killer had to be discovered quickly.
Scarlett went back to see Daisy. Daisy could help her understand her dreams. When she arrived at Ms. Daisy’s house, she noticed it looked like the house in her dream. She walked on to the front porch. The numbers on the house were 1451. She told Ms. Daisy about the dream. Ms. Daisy asked her to sit down and table and have a cup of coffee with her. Ms. Daisy suddenly went into a trance. Daisy entered the trance to allow her mind to better assist Scarlett to solve the crime.
Daisy opened her eyes and look at Scarlett and
stated, “You are in great danger. He is going to try to kill you. You must
protect yourself. Tell me about the visions.” I saw Baby walking on the beach
with a black-haired man. She went to sleep on the beach. He strangled her,
scalped her, placed a ruby bead bracelet on her wrist, and threw her in bay.
Daisy responded, “Baby was bad girl she was a stripper at the Ruby Night Club. The black-haired man had been watching her at the Club for months. He went to the Club just to see her. Every night when she left the Club, she felt dirty. She did not want to be a stripper, but she believed that was the only way. Being at the beach she felt peace. When the waves crashed on the shore, she felt like she was cleaned by the bay. She was taken to a place in her mind she always wanted to be. When she left the beach, she returned to reality. She had blonde hair. The man was obsessed with blonde hair. He gave her the bracelet as a symbol of the affection he had toward a blonde-haired woman.” Daisy closed her eyes and stopped talking for a few minutes. Suddenly she opened her eyes and stated, “Mother.” Scarlett was confused because what did she mean when she stated Mother.
Daisy looked at Scarlett and said “Continue.” Scarlett began telling Daisy about the next dream. “Jennifer was the Movie Theater watching a movie. A dark-haired man sat down beside her. He was about twenty years old. He had on a shirt with the logo Foodservice Elite on the shirt. After the movie they had a drink the Ruby Night Club. On the left side of the shirt was the name Daniel. He strangled her, scalped her, and dumped her body in the dumpster.”
Daisy responded, “Jennifer was experiencing PTSD. Jennifer was having negative thoughts about herself and feeling guilty. Jennifer served in the Desert Storm.Jennifer and her troop were entering into Saudi Arabia. Amelia her friend was in the tank ahead of her as they were entering enemy territories. She ran over a land mine.” A land mine is an explosive device concealed under the ground and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets as they pass over or near it. “The mine exploded and killed Amelia. Jennifer always believed she should have been able to save Amelia. Jennifer was depressed and went to the night club to try and drink the pain away. The dark-haired man understood and listened to her. Jennifer was a hero. The dark-haired man killed her. His name was not Daniel.” Daisy suddenly came out of the trance and laid he head on the table. She told Scarlett to leave because she had to rest now. Daisy told Scarlett to come back tomorrow.
Scarlett left and returned home. She sat for hours thinking about all the things Ms. Daisy had told her. As she thought about Jennifer she began to cry. Tears were slowly falling down her face. Brad walked into the room and put his arms around her. Scarlett began telling him about Jennifer. Brad had compassion for her. His father was in the Military, and he understood what it meant to be a solider and fight in the war. His father had been in the Vietnam War. He never talked about it. Anytime someone started to talk about it he would leave the room. They could not imagine the pain Jennifer must have felt. Scarlett and Brad agreed to go to her grave and place flowers on it. They wanted to show her respect and gratitude.
Scarlett chose a flower arrangement that was red carnations, white daisies, and blue moon roses and Brad chose an American Flag. When they arrived at the cemetery the grave site was filled with flowers. Scarlett and Brad thanked Jennifer for her service. When they left the cemetery, a dark blue truck followed them for several miles. Scarlett drove to the police station. When she arrived at the police station the truck sped away. Scarlett tried to get a tag number, but the truck was traveling to fast. Scarlett knew it had to be the killer.
Scarlett when to see Ms. Daisy and Brad went with her. Ms. Daisy invited them to sit and drink coffee at the dining table. Ms. Daisy placed her hands on her face and went into a trance. She asked Scarlett to continue telling her about the dreams. During a dream she walk into a house with the numbers 1452. A boy was on the floor crying for his mother. Daisy stated telling her, “The house is 1452 Daniel Drive. The boy crying is the killer. His mother was killed in a car wreck. He was little and did not understand she died.” Scarlett then continued to tell her about the dream. “The room was filled with blonde wigs.” Ms. Daisy responded, “His mother had blonde hair. He thought she left him because he was black headed like his father. Since he was a little boy, he tried to get his mother to return. He collected all the blonde wigs to show her he loved her blonde hair. When she did not return, he thought it was because the hair was not real. Then he started scalping blonde haired girls. He left the ruby beads as a sign of love, and strong affection for her.” Ms. Daisy fell from the chair she was sitting in onto the floor.
Ms. Daisy started to violently shake. Her arms and legs started jerking. She started drooling at the mouth and clenching her teeth. Scarlett was terrified that something bad had happened to Ms. Daisy. The Emergency Medical Rescue team was called. Before they arrived, Ms. Daisy started to gain consciousness. Ms. Daisy told Scarlett the truck that followed you is the killer. He will try to kill you soon. Ms. Daisy Kidney failure caused her to have Seizures. Her Kidney failure had progressed. Ms. Daisy was put into the hospital and if she did not receive a Kidney transplant in twenty-four hours she would die.
Susan rushed to the hospital. The doctor told her the diagnoses and what happened. Susan began to cry she still had not raised enough money to pay for the surgery. Scarlett talked to the Hospital Administrator and asked her help. The Administrator talked to the surgeon that would do the surgery. They agreed to do the surgery at no cost. The Administrator held a special emergency meeting with the board members. They agreed to charge only the cost of the supplies and medicine. The money Susan had worked for and collected was enough for the surgery.
Scarlett stayed at the hospital the entire time during the surgery. They would need someone to take care of them when they were released. Hospital recovery for a kidney transplant is usually 5-10 days if there are no complications. Immediately after surgery the patient will be in intensive care for 24-48 hours. Most kidney transplant recipients can return to work and other normal activities within eight weeks after transplant. Typically, a living kidney transplant donor spends two days in the hospital and will have an additional four to six weeks of recovery time. Scarlett and Brad hired a nurse to take care of them when they were released from the hospital. Susan and Ms. Daisy had a full recovery with no complications.
Scarlett and her partner approached the house at 1452 Daniel Drive and knocked on the door. A little black-haired boy came to door. Scarlett asked if he would get his mother or father. A woman blonde haired woman came to the door. Scarlett asked if a man lived there. No man lived at the address. Scarlett began telling her they were investigator and asked if they could come inside. The woman Ms. Lada asked them to come in and have a cup of tea. In Slovakian, the name Lada means goddess of love and fertility. Lada was divorced with a five-year-old boy named Sasha. In Russian, the name Sasha means the protector and helper of humankind.
Sasha went into the dining room where Scarlett was having tea. He looked at her and started crying. Scarlett did not know what was going on. The little boy started crying for no reason. Scarlett asked Sasha to come and sit beside her at the table and tell her what was wrong. Sasha then stated, “You came for me. I did not do it. That man did. He is a mean man. He is going to hurt us. Please help my momma.” Scarlett asked Lada about what he was talking. Lada did not know. She started asking Sasha question. After hours of talking to him. The man lived next door. Sasha was kicking a ball in the yard. The ball went into the neighbor’s yard. Sasha saw the man with two blonde wigs in his hand walking inside the house. Scarlett began to understand. They were not blonde wigs they were scalps. The man threatened Sasha if he told anyone. He threatened to kill Lada. Sasha never told anyone about the incident. He was scared and afraid.
Scarlett and her partner went to house next door. The knocked on the door and it came open. Scarlett yelled police, police. She entered the house and on the floor was the red rug she saw in her dream. Scarlett knew if her dream was true, he was going to try and kill her. Scarlett started to walk through the door to the next room. She stopped and kicked the door again the wall. A dark-haired man came from behind the door with a bloody nose. Scarlett was now living her vision. She looked around the room. The room was filled with blonde wigs and scalps. Scarlett was targeted as being the next victim.
In the middle of the floor was a round circle with candles around it. The candles were red with ruby red candleholders. Scarlett was now in the nightmare she dreamed about. Suddenly she realized the man was standing there with a gun to his hand. Scarlett was trying to talk him into giving up the gun. He told Scarlett there was only one way to end the pain. He pulled the trigger.
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