I Was the Alibi They Never Saw Coming
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I've run a pet rescue shop for five years. I've lost count of the animals I've saved. Around the neighborhood, people call me the good Samaritan of Main Street. My husband, Adam Carter, and I have been married five years, and he's always been gentle and attentive.
It's a rainy night in late fall, and I come across an injured starling in the alley on my way home, its wing broken.
The second I scoop it into my arms, a man's voice cuts through the dark.
"Tomorrow night, eight o'clock. Whatever you do, don't go home. Your husband's going to sneak out with your best friend, and on the road, they're going to hit someone and kill them. Then they're going to run, and they're going to pin it on you."
I look down into the starling's eyes, and the color drains out of my face.
Five years of what I thought was love, and it was just a trap waiting to close in.
A talking bird. Nobody's going to believe that if I go to the cops.
I don't even think twice. I just take the bird and head downtown.
It's a rainy night in late fall, and I come across an injured starling in the alley on my way home, its wing broken.
The second I scoop it into my arms, a man's voice cuts through the dark.
"Tomorrow night, eight o'clock. Whatever you do, don't go home. Your husband's going to sneak out with your best friend, and on the road, they're going to hit someone and kill them. Then they're going to run, and they're going to pin it on you."
I look down into the starling's eyes, and the color drains out of my face.
Five years of what I thought was love, and it was just a trap waiting to close in.
A talking bird. Nobody's going to believe that if I go to the cops.
I don't even think twice. I just take the bird and head downtown.














































