Real Novel Chapter Thirteen

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Detective Guthrie was pawing through some of the affects of Tony Scolletti. A couple of officers had gone over the apartment where he'd lived. Customary clean up. Checking for next of kin; searching for loose ends that might generate leads to the whys and wherefores. Other than a hatless man who'd heard something they had received no leads to the shooting in the park four days ago. The officers had picked up the usual rag-tag baggage of the dead man's life. Receipts. Books. The Catcher in the Rye; dog-eared and well read.

Guthrie picked the book out and a tattered piece of paper dropped from the pages; unfolding it, he could see that it was a piece of paper torn from a diary. He regarded the paper with curiosity. Then carefully he read.

Diary entry; December 1999 nine nineteen Nine NIEN Nine .

Hello Diary you arse. Been a while since I'd pen in hand and events to relate 'garding our old friend, friend, fiend Tango poisoner. Has been quiet lately, yes? Not surprising as I've been incarcerated these past days,months,days,months, hours, hours, hours. I forget. I forget. Forgot. But old Runi is doing well for himself, himself. Myself. Yes? Tango, Tango, Tango, Tango, Tango and Cash. Remember Tony? Tony? Remember Tony? Runi remembers. Runi remembers. Runi was there. Runi was there and Runi saw.

Runi tol' you what Runi saw di'n't he? Oh yes. Runi saw. Runi saw. Lady Katherine was there, Kathy, Katie, Kate, Kate, Kate. She was there. She was there in black. Black as Tony's heart. Heart. Tony Black Heart. Big Black Heart Tony. And Kate. Kitty-Kate. Kitty Kate with the bag. The bag with the cat. The cat with the KAte. Kate. Cat. Kate. Katherine. KATE. Nurse Katie. Kitty Katie. Katie, Katie, Katie, Katie. Took care of her Katie did. Took care. Took care of her Katie did. There fore loose ends. Runi saw. Runi saw. Runi saw. Asleep Runi Saw. PreTEnded Runi did.

Watched. Watched. Hands, needles face the scream. Silent scream. Runi saw. Runi saw. Runi saw. Katie Kate. Killer Katie. Caty Katie. Katy. Kat. Kitty Kate. Tony Toe Toe Tony. Do it. Do it. Do it. Said he. He said. Do it. Do it. Do it. Katie Kate Katherine Kate did it.

Then they were dead. D E A D. Dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. Katie Tony Kate Tone. Tone. Kate. Cat. Purring Kitty. Purring kitty. Purring kitty cat. Happy. Happy. Kate. Cat. Cat. Kate. Cat. Tony. Gone now.

Gone now.

Gone now.

Loose ends come back. Said she. Kate. Loose ends come back she said. I am scissors. Scissors. Snip snip. Snip snip. Snip snip. Said she. Snip snip and ends gone. Gone. Gone. Like that. Like that Runi did. Runi liked that. Runi liked that a lot. Runi. Runi. Runi.

Share Runi. Share. Runi knows. RunI knoWs but not tells. Not tells. Runi knows. Runi. Runi saw. Runi saw. Runi saw.

Runi sleep now.

Runi sleep.

Bye diary.

Runi

Guthrie put the piece of paper down. A mad man's rantings. But. But a man, or woman ? He wasn't sure if Runi was a female name; it wasn't a common name definitely, he would have to check. The word "Tango" repeated; like the tattoo of Tango company that Tony wore. Guthrie carefully probed the pages of the book for more pages, but found none. Frustrating. He regarded the other items bagged and tagged; none showed promise. He should have gone to the house himself. Maybe he still could, maybe there was still time.

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