Beautiful Creatures Series

It had been three days since the wedding, and Katelyn was just finishing packing her bag. They were leaving for the airport in an hour. As a wedding present, her folks had booked them last-minute tickets on a Caribbean cruise. They had to fly out to Florida to catch the ship.

“Katelyn!” She heard Darrell call from downstairs.

Concerned, she made her way down to the living room, where she found Darrell watching the morning news. He pointed to the TV. It was a story about Nigel’s murder.

They had some blonde woman in handcuffs showing the police walking her from the cruiser into the police station. The police captain who granted the news cameras an interview was going on about how the evidence led them to this woman. It turned out she was one of Nigel’s side chicks. She had grown jealous when Nigel broke things off so he could make up with Katelyn after she had left him that the woman had gone to the hospital and murdered him while he was in his coma.

hospital staff revived him after he stopped breathing, then she held his breathing tube kinked, denying him oxygen until he died. When confronted by the police,

she seemed to have failed. Yet where she failed, another succeeded. Katelyn smiled. She felt as if a great burden had been lifted from her shoulders. She had killed Nigel. She felt so much better. Sure she was still guilty of trying, but her failure made her feel so much better about herself. She was relieved. “Looks like his philandering finally

I didn’t kill

“Do you feel better?”

She had not had the nerve to touch them. Now that she knew she had not killed him, she felt better about accepting the inheritance Nigel had left her. She picked up the forms and found a pen. Katelyn signed the documents. She would mail it back to Mr. Carpenter. By the time they got back from their honeymoon, he should have everything sorted away,

see you have decided to accept the inheritance,” Darrell said, watching her sign the forms.

it for a profit. As for the money, I thought I might invest in the pack. Help develop the hub. Maybe build a rec hall or some parks. Something for the kids