Sheila Murders, in Hawaii
Finally convinced that marriage
wasn't the route to take after the death of her groom, Sheila's mother decided
to play the field and cross marriage off her bucket list. Sheila whole-heartedly
agreed. She rewarded her mother by booking Darla and three of her mother's
friends on a Mediterranean cruise for
singles.
She saw them
off and assured her mother that she would also be enjoying some time off. She
was going to Hawaii, and if things worked out, she'd be buying a house there.
Her mother squealed with happiness. "Text me pictures, I want to help you
make the right decision," Dottie
said.
"Of
course, Mother. I wouldn't want it any other way."
Her arrival
in Hawaii was everything she'd ever dreamed it would be. First class all the
way, she felt like a movie star. She contacted a real estate expert but didn't
like the change in attitude. Linda Sattler, the woman who agreed to show her
around the different properties, let her
know immediately that her budget would not get her the dream home she desired.
Sheila would have to lower her expectations.
"No,
I'll increase my budget, but these homes had better be made of gold," she
told Linda.
After
showing Sheila several homes in the range of $500,000 to $1,000,000 Sheila was
still unimpressed. And sorely upset that most of them weren't on the beach.
After the first week of Linda picking her up and taking her to the various homes
on the island of Honolulu, Sheila stormed into Linda's office beside herself in
anger.
"Why
haven't you taken me to the other islands? I understand there are homes on the
beach that don't require a person to go broke to own," she shouted. The
disturbance brought Linda's boss out of his office. Leonard Vance stepped in
and invited the upset client to lunch.
He and
Sheila had an instant connection, and after a quickie in the car, he escorted
her to her hotel, where she invited him to her room. They spent the afternoon
and the night together. Leo promised to get her the home of her dreams, but he
wanted her to know his relationship with Linda was more than boss and employee.
If she agreed to allow Linda to keep showing her homes, on any island she
wanted. He would make her dreams come true; he just needed time to let Linda
know it was over between them. Sheila agreed.
Sheila saw a
bevy of new homes and found one she truly liked on Maui. The only problem the
home was listed at 1.3 million. Her mother had agreed to fund any home up to
1.2 million. Leo assured Sheila he would get her the home for 1.2 million and
Sheila made that contingent on him being honest with Linda about their
burgeoning relationship.
The day
before Sheila was to close on the home, Linda's body was discovered. Blamed on
a home invasion, her condominium had been broken into; possessions of value had
been taken. Stabbed through the heart, investigators said Linda had surprised
the burglars who used a kitchen knife to commit the murder.
At the signing of the closing papers, Leo told Sheila about
Linda's death and had tears in his eyes. Sheila signed the papers, but her attention was on Leonard. If he
wanted Linda out of his life, he should be happy, he got what he wanted. Why the tears, she
wondered.
So readers,
for this murder did Sheila talk Leonard
into committing it, or was Sheila behind the entire thing?
I'd love to
know what you think.
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other excerpts of
Sheila's
Murderous Mind
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Remember
folks - this is all fiction -
an exercise
of the imagination!
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