Disclaimer: Peter is my character. So far that's the only character of mine
"Molly wait!"
Peter, the 20 year old boyfriend of 17 year old Molly Evan's called out after her but she ignored his cries.
"No Peter," she said, "I will not put up with a man who hits me. We're done"
As she finished packing her bag he reached for his gun and shot her through the heart killing her instantly.
((The following day))
Leland was doing work in his office when Randy came in.
"Captain... bad news," Randy said and then stood there wordlessly for a minute.
"AM I SUPPOSED TO GUESS," Leland asked annoyed then took a breath, "Sorry... I had a bad day yesterday"
"Well it's about to get worse. Some hikers found a body"
Leland shrugged. That was nothing new. It happened every day.
"And..."
"The body was Molly Evans—Trudy's daughter"
Leland gasped.
"Monk's stepdaughter?"
"I'm afraid so"
As if on cue Monk came in.
"Leland I have some good news"
"Yeah Monk," Leland said putting a hand on his friend's shoulder, "I have news too"
"Okay, you go first"
"No," Leland said, "I want to hear what you have to say."
"Captain... he needs to know," Randy said, "Putting it off is just going to postpone the inevitable. He needs to know"
"You're right. Monk sit down"
"Why?"
"Please... just do it"
Monk nodded and took a seat.
Leland didn't say anything for a minute.
"I have something to tell you," he said, "and you're not going to like it"
"Probably not," Monk agreed, "I don't like a lot of things but that's okay"
"Some hikers found a body in the woods," Leland explained
"So," Monk replied, "If that didn't happen-"
"Monk," Leland took hold of his friend's hand, "the body that they found was no ordinary body. It um... well the body that they found was Molly's"
Monk stared for a few minutes as if he didn't understand. Then it sank in. Trudy's daughter was dead!