Chapter 43

AJ continued to struggle to move as Vicky kept on with her confession, but whatever she had used on him was very effective. All he could move was his eyes and they followed her every movement as she paced the floor in front of him. "I was really angry with Calvin, he was the fourth one I killed you know. He had broken both of Mom's legs and because of that I was waiting for him night when he came home from seeing her in the hospital. I had already trashed the place and put a few of his valuables in my car before he got home. When he walked on I shot him and left. The police believed he had interrupted a robbery."

"Then there was Joe, he had come home from the bar one night and was so drunk that he couldn't even get out of the car. It was still running when I found him. I just considerately closed the garage door for him. He died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Tom was next, no wait, he was the eighth, Tim was the seventh. I just put arsenic on the bottle of whiskey I gave Tim for his birthday. Tom was a fun one. I like to be creative you know and not do the same thing twice. He was taking a bath and demanded that I bring him a beer. Can you imagine that? Demanding a beer from your girlfriend's daughter while you are in the tub? Well, I handed him the beer and…accidentally…knocked the radio in the tub with him," she giggled gleefully.

"Now Sam had a heart condition to begin with, so all I did was replace his heart medication with potassium tablets. It took several weeks, but finally, without his proper medicine, he had a heart attack and died. And last, but not least, there was Matt Hagen. I came home to find he had beaten my mother to death before passing out so I plunged a knife into his heart as he lay there in a pool of my mother's blood. I told the cops it was self-defense and the fools believed me."

She paused to stop in front of the desk and this time talked directly to AJ rather than at him, "So I bet you're wondering what I have in store for you? I still can't believe that Rabb guy got in the way of my first attempt on you. Do you know that I have never had to try more than once on anyone before? But I guess since you'll be my last that it is okay this time. I wish I had asked you before I paralyzed you how you managed to avoid dying when the tires blew on your SUV. I really wish you had bought it then, I would have gotten rid of that annoying Colonel at the same time. But that's taken care of now. Did you know that she's dead? I blew her up tonight before coming here. She should be laying dead in her apartment right now."

AJ was relieved that he knew the truth about that. Mac wasn't dead, she was safely tucked into bed in the hospital with a guard on her door to make sure she stayed that way!

As Mac and the Private sped through the night, he gathered up the courage to ask her, "Ma'am, how is it that you think the Admiral is in need of rescue? I was right outside your door all night and didn't hear the phone ring or any other call for help."

"You'll probably think this odd, but I have this ability to know when someone I care about is in danger and I just woke up with this overwhelming sense of him needing help."

"So you had a bad dream?" he dared to ask.

"No it was more than that. I just knew he was in danger! We really have to hurry, can't you go any faster?" she demanded.

"Oh geesh Ma'am! You realize that we are probably going to get there to find him sitting in front of the TV with a beer in his hand, watching a football game!?"

"You know what Private? I honestly hope that we do just that, instead of finding him dead or in grave danger!" she snapped and this time ordered him to drive even faster. With a sigh, he complied.

To be continued…..