Death by Trial and Error (A Legal Suspense Short) Read Online Free PDF

because he
liked to do his thing alone, too.
    A slight rustle of the bushes off to the side
of the building drew her attention. For an instant in the waning
sunlight, he saw fear in her face and thought he'd been detected.
But that fear disappeared when she apparently decided it was
nothing but the wind.
    He sighed and maintained his low position,
careful not to even twitch. He watched as she glanced up at a
window. The light was on and the blinds were closed. If she
expected someone to open them, she was disappointed. She seemed to
become deeply absorbed in thought for a moment or two, before
crossing the parking lot in a lazy jaunt.
    He gave her a couple of minutes to enter the
park, and then emerged from his hideaway. Looking around, he saw no
one. Good. Now it was just him and her.
    Like an addict needing a fix, he pursued her
eagerly, fully expecting to be relieved of his urge.
    She was in excellent shape, he admitted to
himself, trailing her from a short distance as she moved at a brisk
pace. But so was he. He had been lifting weights and running for
years in his determination to stay fit and firm. It was the best
way to survive on the streets and in the joint, if it came down to
that.
    For now fitness would serve him well in
tracking down someone who had become his sole obsession of
late.
    The park was very quiet this evening. It was
almost as if others had decided to stay at home, so as not to get
in her way.
    Or his.
    Slowly, but surely, he began to close the
distance between them. When she realized he was behind her, she
instinctively increased her speed, determined to simply outrun him.
But he countered, moving even faster, his long legs giving him the
advantage. His blood was pumping like crazy and he loved the
feeling. It was like building up to a mind-blowing climax. The
climb was always more rewarding than the result, he knew.
    Not that the result would be disappointing.
On the contrary, it would be very satisfying.
    After all, she had been targeted for death.
And now it was time to wipe the slate clean.
    Collect his just rewards.
    She tried to dart in a different direction
amidst tall, old Douglas fir trees, as if he somehow would simply
bypass her altogether. Anticipating such, he had countered her move
with one of his own, taking a short cut to beat her to the clearing
on other side of the park.
    She didn't realize it, but the dumb bitch had
run right into his trap like a rat.
    They came face to face and he saw the stark
terror in her baby blue eyes. He even detected a hint of
recognition as she tried to make out his face. His eyes. His sly
grin. His taut, virile body.
    He pulled out a switchblade, springing it
open and moving it from hand to hand with the ease of a
magician.
    He might have pitied her, had he not
applauded himself for a job soon to be well done. They had reached
the point of no return. At least she had.
    The fun this night was only beginning.
    * * *
    Sheldon Crawford huffed and puffed while atop
his wife, Maxine, feeling as if he had run out of breath. He was
getting too damned old for this. But at the same time, he was
determined to keep up with her. A daunting task indeed. She was
twenty years his junior and in her sexual prime. Meaning she wanted
to be satisfied constantly and had esoteric tastes that at times
tested his limits, ability, and stamina. Not his resolve, though.
The worst thing he could do was ignore his young wife's needs,
causing her to leave him for a younger man as his first wife had
done.
    Sheldon gazed into Maxine's brown eyes
staring up at him from her beautiful butterscotch complexioned
face. He nibbled on one of her large breasts, as she loved him to
do. She winced and then murmured, taking his cheeks between her
hands and attacking his mouth with fervor in hard kisses.
    He propelled himself deeper into her splayed
legs, feeling her constrict around him. She clawed at his back and
he grunted from the pain, even while their kissing intensified.
    "I'm coming..." Maxine