Edward Marks

…What kind of issues? Break-ins, the officer said. Two in the last year. One of the burglars told Marks that his friends would be back for revenge. He's been paranoid ever since. Fortified the house, bought that rifle legally, and basically turned the place into a fortress. He's convinced someone's coming for him." The pieces clicked together in my head, a h…

…The house at the end of the driveway. The shots. The face in the window. My hands wouldn't stop shaking, but I kept going, spilling every detail I could remember. When I finished, one of the officers exchanged a look with his partner. That address you described, he said, it belongs to a man named Edward Marks. He's had issues. Issues? I repeated, the word…