1 chapter 1: My Nightmare Begins

The date is July 15, 2001 I stayed late at the office wanting too go home too my wife. It is 11:45pm and still no call nor text from her.I sit there worried not focusing on my paper work at all constantly staring at a picture of us when we went too Paris remembering the day I asked her too marry me. I'm so glad she said yes. I faintly smile, turn off my desk light, get up and walk out the door, closing my office door behind me and walk to the car garage. I get in my car to drive home. I pull in the driveway and notice my front door slightly open. I get out of the car and draw my gun and whisper too myself, "why is the door open?". I walk to the door slowly opening it as it creeks open,"is anyone home"I yell. As I listen I hear no reply. I see a rose trail on the floor leading up the stairs. I think too myself my wife must of put these here. Ismile faintly. I put my gun away thinking she cracked the front door too Lure me in. I follow the peddles and walks to the door of our bedroom. I look down And see a dark red pool of blood coming out from underneath our bedroom door. I draw my gun once again and turn the knob, "it's locked" I whisper  I kick the door in and there I see my wife bleeding and her hands nailed too the wall tied over her head with multiple stab wombs to her gut. blood running down her half naked body I drop too my knees staring at my wife and notice a piece of paper under where she was hanging I grab the paper and read it out loud, "I warned you I would be back haha". I look at this note puzzled then I hear my name faintly spoken from above me "Paul" looking up seeing my wife trying too speak I instantly jump up holding her by the cheeks. I whisper, "baby who did this". She looks at me deeply "I don't know", she whispers crying. she whispers faintly I....love....you.... Then I watch as she takes her last breath I scream,"I will find who did this and they will pay." I stand there shocked a paralyzed feeling comes across me, I couldn't move. After a few minutes I come too my senses and start looking around looking for clues anything too help me find my wife's murderer I look at my wife nailed against the wall the way she's nailed there I think too myself who could have done this. I take a picture of her as evidence too exam and the trail of blood leading too the door. I take a blood sample and start looking at the ropes the type they are. I whisper, "these are not ordinary ropes". I examine the stakes that are nailed into her hand thinking iv never seen anything like this before. I grab my flash light, a pair of gloves, evidence bags and tongs out of my closet. I turn my flashlight on examining the floor around my wife I notice a hair sample, I put the sample in a evidence bag and lay it on the bed I kneel down looking under the bed and examine closely and finds a metal cross and a rope I grab them and examine the cross There's Jesus nailed too the cross I look at my wife and notice the only difference between the cross and her is that her feet are not nailed they are hanging. I put the cross and rope in a evidence bag and lay it on the bed. I close eyes and try too picture in my head how my wife got murdered. I see her putting rose petals on the floor up too our bedroom. I open my eyes and sees that the trail of blood starting a few feet from the door. I imagine the murderer pick locking the door and walking up behind Sara and stabbing her she takes a few steps and falls too the floor. I imagine as I see the blood running all the way too the wall she's hanging on. I walk over and look at the door imagining as my wife was on the ground the killer walked up behind her and pinning her up against the wall. As he stabs her again and again and again I flinch as I imagine this. I see him nail her too the wall as she squirms kicking him in the chest where I see the necklace fall off and bounce under the bed. He stabs her again and she drops her head as blood rushes down her body and onto the floor. I open my eyes and wipe the tears away. I call the office and fellow officers and detectives arrive in a few minutes including my partner Cassandra Valentine. Cassandra covers her mouth in shock of my wife nailed too the wall. Crime scene investigators take pictures of the crime and I hand them my evidence bags and the note I found. Cassandra comes running over and hugs me quickly and saying how did this happen. I run my Fingers through my hair and whisper e smiles shyly. I whisper, "I know it will when I find out who did this". She looks down and lights a cigarette and says, "I will help you then". I nod my head yes and puff on my cigarette Thinking about Paris closing my eyes having vision/flashbacks of the night we had dinner on the Eiffel Tower. She was wearing a beautiful ski blue sparkly dress with blue high heals she looked amazing I smile slightly and open my eyes and wipe the tears away. Paramedic come out with my wife I get up put my cigarette out and help them put her in the ambulance then goes too the bedroom and continues my investigation. While looking around I notice scuff marks in the tile floor I exam them."they are about a size 10 shoe" someone whispers behind me. I turn around and see my chief standing over me. I whisper, "I know Sarge any idea on who might of done this." "No Paul maybe a ex convict you locked up" he whispers. "Mhm get me a list of all the convicts I put away and their release dates", I whisper. I keep day dreaming in and out of my wife the time we spent I sit down against the wall and bury my hands in my face. wishing I came home sooner too save my wife like she saved me the day we met. I sigh and get up and go back outside for fresh air as the crime scene cleaners show up too clean the blood and the rest of the horrible memory that lies in my bedroom. I pull out my cigarettes and light one and sits under the magnolia tree in my front yard where my wife and I would have picnics at and imagine her next too me I puff my cigarette in disbelieve on what happen on my anniversary night. I get up and stand there as Cassandra walks over too me and says, "do you have a place too stay tonight Paul". I whisper, "no I do not Cassandra" looking up at her. "You can stay at my house if you'd like" she smiles whispering. "Okay sweetheart" I whisper and get up and goes too my bedroom too retrieve my clothes and my second holster and gun out of my dresser and walk back outside and see the chief "chief can you make sure my house is locked up please" I whisper and he nods. "Ready too go" I hear from behind me I nod as I look at Cassandra and follow her too her car and gets in.  We drive too her place it's a two story house with white walls and a black roof and beautiful stubs all around then  we get out and go inside, inside there was beautiful painting painting hung on the wall of her in a black and red dress, her walls were yellowish green her house was full of life. "I smile slightly your house is beautiful"‚ I whispered. She smiles‚ "thank you‚" "you can use one of the bedroom upstairs if you'd like I'm the only one who stays here so pick a room‚" she giggles and puts her fingers over her mouth slightly. "Thank you", I whisper softly going upstairs and picking the room too my right and goes in and puts my stuff on the bed and lays back and sighs softly closing my eyes thinking about the time when my wife and I had our first date I smile and image us sitting at Applebee's and laughing having a good time the best time of my life I smile and gets up getting clothes out of my bag and walking down stairs, "I'm going too take a shower Cassandra" "okay shower is too the left up the stairs", she smiles and points. I turn around and goes upstairs and gets undressed and turns the water on hot and gets in.  I wash the blood from my wife  off thinking of the horrific scene in my bedroom tonight. moments later I get out and gets dressed walking back down stairs where Cassandra is she's cooking dinner for the two of us I smell the food it smells wonderful she is making country fried steak with gravy and mash potatoes an