The Perfect Murder - Hans Bernard (sad books to read .txt) 📗

the procedures of her native place at San Francisco to New York. Sure, many people and news around the world concluded New York was a state with a lot of opportunities. Opportunities, Sal did not foreseen relocation would be harder than expected. When she arrived at New York listening to his friends and people, she believed she would be hired in the next three weeks. Instead she spent seven months and half before she could breathe in a job she got. During these seven months, she went to interviews over and over. At one point, she joined a new company in his early development, but the schedule of full-time from 8AM to 12PM did not do her justice. So she quit before she died of overwork. She remembered how she used to sleep during the long hour of the train track back to the friend house. One night, she walked on her two long legs to the house in a road of one hour and 15 minutes. On the third month at New York, Sal started doubted her decision had been the hugest mistake of her life. She still responded and looked for work but without the fire she had when she first came to New York. She thought at some point she had been cursed from her family line. The one time she always enjoyed during her stay at her friend house took life in the laundromat. She enjoyed doing laundry even if everybody charged her with a full overboard load of clothes each time. Every time she went to this laundromat that was ten minutes of the house, she could breathe and watched her days differently. Then one day, she watched the day differently with this lady who forgot her clothes and she folded them for her. The lady was surprised Sal wasted her time in her clothes, not hers. They introduced themselves and Sal told her story. The next Sunday, a day Sal always went to do the laundry, the “lady came back to invite her to go in this place and to try to find a job. Sal found a job that day with her enthusiasm behavior and her skills to talk to people, to understand, and to be patient with them.

- So how is everything?
- I have a job and I am starting tomorrow, on Monday.
- That is good. I hope everything works for you from now on.
- I believe so. I have to thank you for everything.

They said goodbye and left with their load of clothes and trouble baggage, but their story was far from over after this. Sal begun to have problem in her friend house with certain visitors she had that Sal did not quite sympathized with. The living together transformed into hell kind ' Sal could not support no longer in her new situation, but it did not mean they had bad habits she could not tolerate. Smoking all kind of crap, doing nasty, and vulgar language; Sal could live with anyone except these kind of persons. The last straw happened one night when one of them tried to get his way with Sal. She broke her nose twice before he could leave her alone. Her allegedly friend did not say a word. That night, she went to the laundry in an intuition where she met the lady again. Before they knew they were strangers to each other, they had form some kind of friendship. Proposing her to come to live in her building while she got in her feet before she took a lease on one of the apartment. Sal moved from her friend house during the day. She did not bring a lot of stuffs, two trips and she was done. She left a note of thank you and a consideration for her service during these seven months. That night, Sal met Mrs. Dolenz who helped her with her problems and gave her a place to remain. In her first month, she begun to pay her for a lease. In the next three month, she had her own place to continue the road of her life. She worked in the company for manufacturing accessories for ipod, tablets, ipod, games, iphone, and much more. Mrs. Dolenz and her went to a new laundry that opened close to the building and they helped each from time to time. Mrs. Dolenz had a 15 year old boy who had a crush on Sal and a brother she loved with all her being. Her brother was born with a disorder who put him in a wheelchair for life even though he could be useful sometimes with his genius brain.
Sal could not turn her head from the direction of Mrs. Dolenz building and her thoughts could not forget all she had done for her. Leaving like this became the worst decision she had made in her entire life. Nevertheless, she could not change her life anymore thanks to her own murder and her assassination.

  Chapter II

Carla Stanfield walked out from the elevator of the third floor to see the everyday occupation of her workers in order to provide excellent services to their customers. Carla crossed the different offices in her long sleeve gray pant over her high heeling boots, holding her working folder close to her black leather jack covered with the scarf around her neck. One of the ladies followed her with a big calendar in her hand and Carla got in her office. She dropped the scarf with the jacket to leave her sleeveless mixed black and white shirt out.

- Minia, what is it? She asked her while sitting on her chair.
- Robert called. It seems the order for the flowers in the wedding of Mr. And Mrs. Alvin will be a little late. He got stuck in traffic.
- He will make it. What about the sixteen birthday of this girl, Nirva?
- No worries, everything is ready. Just her mother wants to meet you before the event on Saturday. She molded her face in a worry expression and unimportant.
- Do I have place on Thursday?
- Yes, but…
- Minia, there is one thing you have to remember. The customer is more important than the event or the wedding. Alright, put her on Thursday. Carla stated with confidence.
- What about the John Wayne event? How is that one?
- Minia, this one demands your own attention.
- Do not worry, I will take care of it. Minia could not fake her expression before her own sister so she lied.

Lawrence Wedding and Event entered in the life of the people of California in a day. Five months after that, almost half of the population knew where to go for an event, their wedding planner, a hotel conference, and more. Carla Stanfield appeared to be the CEO of this new business and she did good jobs with the first events and wedding she organized. No one knew her existence from the Lawrence family, but she claimed to be a long lost member from far away. The Lawrence family could not say much since the only one left had been the mother of Jeremy Lawrence. She said she met her cousin Jeremy in New York and he sent her in order to meet the family and to do whatever needed to be done. Impossible to overcome the death of Carla all these years ago, Jeremy mother adopted another little girl she named after his son, Jeremia. When Carla presented herself to her, she almost died from a stroke, thanks to Jeremia she avoided a great tragedy. Carla changed their life in the next month with a new house, a new car, a nurse to take care of the mother, and an employment for Jeremia. Jeremia did not take Carla with joy since she had been the one who caused mother great pain starting from her name to her way to do things. Jeremia felt threatened the moment Carla walked the door and took over mother life. Putting the whole family in a new level, Jeremia could not do much except followed Carla like everyone else as a puppy. She tried to challenge her one day and that was the day Carla named her Minia, because she could not see bigger than herself and around her. After this confrontation, Minia and Carla became a little closer in that faithful day. The day they learned Jeremy Lawrence had been identified in a house explosion and forensic confirmed the body and the dental record. Carla and Minia decided to keep this news from mother forever and it was the first time they started to agree with each other.

- Carla, Minia, your mother is here and asking for you.
- Mother, what are you doing here? You know how busy we are in here.
- I wanted to see you before I went to the hospital for my checkup.
- Ha, ha, ha. Minia please, mother felt a little nostalgic I think.
- Mother, we did not abandon you for the job. It is just…
- Ha, do not worry about that. I know how hard you two work every day.
- Maybe she is right mother. We do not see you when we come from work.
- But I do each night, in your bed when I covered you.
- You are unique mother. Come here. Carla went to her mother arms with smile.

Minia and Carla hugged their mother with such strength that either one wanted to let go. She smiled through her tears and tapped them to release her. She turned toward the care giver and she gave her arm so they could leave the ladies worked.

- Sylvia, take this and take care of our mother and we will see you tonight. Do not leave her until we come back home alright.
- Of course ma'am.
- I am worried about mother, I can't feel her soul or something.
- What are you talking about Carla? Should I be worried?
- I am always worried about mother.
- Why are we so different from each other? Everything I think I catch up with you, you surprise me and you keep on going.
- The idea is not to be me or to catch up with me, the idea is to be you and to learn from your experiences. We are different from each other in so many ways you can't possible imagine; however, we are not so different if you look closer with what we have in common.
- I wish I had your…
- Do not, you know one day you will have to continue this without me. What are you going to do? I won't be here to help you. You are going to become the master. Start thinking of that while worrying about mother. Because I won't put a stranger in front of this family business.

Carla picked up her jacket, scarf and folders to