It was late when they got back on the road to get home and Ella had asked Brian where they would spend the night. Brian quietened at first, trying to think out of the box while he drove home—no particular destination. He had planned everything but suddenly thought of dumping a blood line into the lake was getting him sick. He wondered.

“if you allow the police to confront you it will create an unquenchable suspicion that might implicate us soon, in the days to come you are going ...