After his call, Julius returned looking maybe a little stiffer: like he'd taken a boot up his ass, as daddy used to say. I was worried his wife was upset—he couldn't afford for her to find out about Richard, for anyone to find out about Richard, and I was an extension of Richard, so I was a liability. But he put on a good, patient show for me. He was so encouraging. And he said, "Sometimes—people do things that they don't...necessarily regret, but that they're not proud of. If we love those people, we don't associate them with those actions."
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The Delilah 100
Mystery / ThrillerWhat would you do if you loved a killer? What would it take for you to get to a place of acceptance? You're meeting Richard week by week, but first, meet his Muse. Explore our ill-fated heroine in The Delilah 100: 100 words, 100 stories, 100 days. A...
