Back when they were kids, Jacob and Wayne were as thick as thieves, always up to some mischief in their neighborhood.
Jacob had heard tales about a man named Ayden from the old folks at home.
"I remember Grandma getting all choked up whenever she mentioned Ayden," Jacob said, raking his fingers through his hair as he paced back and forth in front of Rosalynn. He was like a fuse waiting to be lit.
Rosalynn didn't interrupt his train of thought.
Coming to a halt, Jacob said, “Now that I think about it, it makes sense. Ayden seemed just fine when they met a few months ago, and then out of the blue, he killed his fiancée! Why? Because of that vicious woman, Yvette! She swapped his meds for some insane reason, and her foolishness not only killed her own sister but drove Ayden to despair and suicide!”
Yes, it was there in black and white in the diary; Yvette's twisted reasoning.d2
It was all pretty straightforward.
Her sister had given all her attention to Ayden, so her sister didn’t pay much attention to her anymore.
Yvette had bought into the idea that love conquers all.
So, she tampered with Ayden's medication, convinced that if Ayden truly loved her sister, the power of love alone would heal his illness without the need for any drugs.
When Ayden, in the throes of his untreated condition, murdered Betsy, Yvette was at home.
Her diary entries were panic-stricken: she had locked herself in her room, listening to her sister's screams, hearing her reveal her pregnancy.
“He never loved my sister. If he had, he wouldn’t have killed her!”
“My sister, the foolish woman, ignored her own flesh and blood for a man who ended up taking her life, and the life of her unborn child!”
“I won’t make the same mistake. I’ll find someone who truly loves me.”
“Even though my sister is gone, I made the right choice. Natalie's changed a lot since her son died, finally realizing what her domineering ways cost her, and she’s become more gentle.”
Yvette had even scribbled down excitedly how she switched the meds back after Ayden's death.
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