The Road to Maine is Bloody Part 41

Stephen smirked and leaned his left shoulder in the door, blocking her path. “Where are you going Ashley?” He asked her, not moving from the door as if daring her to try and get past him, putting his right hand on the other side level with Ashley’s head.

“I have to get back to Washington to my job.” Ashley told him, her voice sounding edged in fear. “Can you please move?” She asked nicely, trying to not sound completely terrified.

Stephen leaned forward, his hair brushing Ashley’s face and she could feel his breath in her ear. “I saw you in the woods. I could smell your perfume. I know you heard something and I trust you won’t say anything. I’d hate to have to hurt you. Now put your suitcase down, you’re not going anywhere.”

Stephen left her standing in the doorframe and Ashley’s heart pounded hard in her chest. She walked over to the bed and sat down, her suitcase on the floor in front of her. Ashley’s eyes welled with tears and she came to the realization that Stephen planned to kill her.

It wasn’t until after dinner that Ashley had the chance to be alone in the house. Stephen and Tabitha were attending a Press Conference for the soon to be released Dr. Sleep. She waited until they’d been gone for about half an hour and went to their bedroom to look around.

Surely Stephen had something that would give a clue to what had been going on behind Tabitha’s back. Ashley still couldn’t grasp the fact that she’d overheard Stephen say he had a part in killing her own mother. Ashley began rifling through the chest of drawers next to the large king sized bed.

There were framed pictures of Stephen with his children, Naomi, Owen and Joe, pictured outside their large mansion in Florida, next to the swimming pool. The kids looked to be about 16, 14 and 12. They were all wearing swimming suits except Stephen; he was wearing Khaki shorts and a blue Hawaiian shirt.

Ashley sifted through black socks and white one’s not finding anything except receipts from Needful things and an old silver Timex watch that was missing the glass faceplate.