hello and welcome to Lost Love Chronicles dear listeners due to a server update we are experiencing an issue with an narration voice in case you find the voice too slow please speed up the playback to 1.5 times and above as per your convenience we are still trying to get the previous voice but so far we have been unsuccessful and are now trying to find an alternate replacement we will keep you posted for the same thanks for your love and support let's start with today's story Detective Mike Corgan couldn't believe his luck after 3 days of
tramping through a deep dense forest he finally found his Quarry he was plotting up another endless Hill and getting tired of fighting his way through Tangled Bush while contending with hordes of mosquitoes and bugs when he spotted something out of the ordinary a flash of color or a sudden movement he wasn't sure which but something caught his eye he focused his attention on it yes definitely something down there but wild animal or human he wasn't sure so he continued his study for a moment he suddenly realized he was on a crest of a hill and
therefore perfectly silhouetted a perfect target for his Corey if indeed it was human instinctively he dropped to the ground crawled up behind some bushes which he hoped would give him some cover then he peered intently down the hill for a few minutes before making his decision it was him all right Ricky Carter the object of the three-day man hun it was reported that he kidnapped his wife and fled into the mountainous Wilderness near Edson Alberta the search for for him had come to involve dozens of policemen and civilian Searchers now Corgan thought I think we
finally got him still staying crouched behind the bushes cordin could heard the Searchers coming up behind him earlier they had formed a line about 25 yards apart so Carter couldn't slip through them however the rugged terrain along with tangled Bush and occasional ponds had soon thrown that plan to hell some like himself had managed to forge almost straight ahead while others had fight their way through various impediments until the straight well-managed line had totally disintegrated nevertheless they were still coming and making a hell of a lot of noise in the process Corgan realized if Carter
hadn't become aware of their presence yet he would have to be blind deaf and dumb Corgan whispered softly into his mic to contact the search coordinator Jack Koff found him he informed the police captain tell the Searchers to stand down or something will you he suggested I don't think Carter is completely aware of us yet so there is still a chance we can take him by surprise and end this peacefully like hell came the response from Koff making Corgan Wentz same old Captain a good man but his gungho is all hell with the philosophy of
aggression and Brute Force being the only way to subdue a suspect scare the hell out of them show them whose boss and that were not going to back down especially when it comes to kidnappers that was koff's idea of diplomacy where he is kasloff demanded I need to have my men surrounding him right now to make sure that the sucker doesn't escape us Corgan sighed in frustration arguing he realized was useless kasoff was in command and Carter probably posed at least some danger there was no denying that but still he had hoped for at least
a chance to get Carter out of this mess aive in a valley about 100 yard Straight Ahead good hiding place he's found himself he's deep in some bushes with lots of open space between him and us so he'll be able to spot us the moment we make a move on him Corgan cursed at the captain's response no problem we surround him and find a place for the snipers to get a good beat on him and then he either surrenders immediately or else corgan's reply was interrupted by someone crawling up behind him he turned his head
and saw that a policewoman named Rhonda Jenkins was wriggling her way toward him any sign of the woman she asked when she reached him Corgan blinked at the question and then cursed himself for being so stupid the woman of course Sharon Carter the entire focus of this mission where the hell was she he and the captain had been so occupied with the fade of Ricky Carter they had completely forgotten about her the woman Jenkins demanded you see you're down there then with a knowing smirk added men so full of testosterone they fight and argue among
themselves and lose sight of the most important things she pulled a pair of binoculars from a bag around her waist and turned her attention to the spot where Carter had been seen e there he is that's Ricky all right she exclaimed but where is Sharon hope he didn't ditch her or already kill her Corgan watched as she refocused the binoculars and began a sweep of the area around Ricky think I spotted her she said after a moment's search where asked Corgan something about 25 yards from Ricky about 3:00 lying in some bushes shape of a
body so it's probably her but she doesn't appear to be moving much hope she's still okay Corgan nodded and said may I he grabbed the binocular and focused them on the spot Jenkins had pointed out sure enough body down there and there is some movement so maybe she is still okay he handed the glasses back to Jenkins and told her keep an eye on them I got to talk to the captain again Corgan what the hell's happening the captain hissed the woman Jenkins found her spotted her with binoculars he explained as Jenkins glanced sideways at
him with a frown on her face good kasoff replied now that we know where she is we take Ricky quick like one way or the other before he can do anything else to her let's wrap this up and go home in the valley below Sharon Carter lay prone among some dense bushes she had heard the approach of the Searchers and knew her ordeal would soon be over however it wasn't the couple of days March through the bush that she was referring to it was all the and abuse she had been forced to put up with
since her marriage to Ricky At first she had been captivated by his bad boy image and it seemed exciting to be around him but that wor about as fast as the honeymoon fantasy did Ricky she quickly discovered was a narcissistic son of a who cared only about himself and in addition had no qualms about heaping all kinds of physical and emotional abuse on her over several years her friends first noticed the change in her demeanor due to the emotional abuse then they saw the more telltale signs of outright physical abuse Sharon had made several complaints
to the police but the results were less than satisfactory all Ricky got was a warning to behave himself finally she had not only divorced Ricky but got a restraining order against him however the order meant nothing to him and he broke it on a regular basis without much repercussion from the law it was only after enduring this for a couple more years that Sharon and a couple of girlfriends devised a plan to put an end to the Ricky problem permanently they had set the first part of the plan in motion Friday afternoon by renting a
Lakes Shore cabin for the long weekend normally Sharon went to Great Lengths to hide her whereabouts from Ricky in order to avoid another confrontation with him however this time she made no attempt to hide from him so she knew Ricky was bound to show up and he didn't disappoint her the rest was easy but the most risky part of the plan especially for Sharon the women plied the unsuspecting Ricky with booze laced with narcotics and ultimately cajoled threatened acted friendly and angry to him until he became a befuddled creature that finally snapped while the girlfriends
fled in panic to alert the authorities about a kidnapping Sharon remained behind so she could feed Ricky Mo of the doctor booze which made him extremely pliable and easy to manipulate she talked him into a walk in woods to calm down and the rest as they say was history for the next couple of days she continued to ply Ricky with AB booze and narcotics and lead him around in circles through the dense bush until the police found them as for Ricky drunk and stone as he was he could hear the approach of the posi and
he vaguely sensed that something wasn't quite right he could feel the danger but thoughts of Sharon kept running through his addled mind the last few days she had actually seemed to love him again and even though she was not anywhere near him right now he could still feel the warmth of her body and hear her words ringing in his ears don't let them take me Ricky please don't let them take me Sharon had repeated the words so often his booze and narcotics filled brain now actually believe that she was in danger and he was going
to do his best to protect her he stumbled around in a doped up trance aiming a shotgun at The Intruders he couldn't see them but he could hear them coming and they seemed to be all around him they had come to take Sharon from him and nothing was going to stand between them again you see that Corgan came a whispered question from his mic it was kasoff again the son of a has got a gun and he's waving it around like he intends to use it my men are almost in position and we're going to
take him down in a moment Corgan looked over at Jenkins who was still peering through the binoculars yeah he's got a gun all right victim is still lying in the bushes about 20 yards away she hasn't moved at all so koff's crew can probably take the suspect without a problem she heard Corgan swear where the hell did he get that from she replied I don't know but a gun makes a huge difference if we don't take him now there's no telling what he'll do with it Kaboom Kaboom Jenkins explanation was suddenly interrupted by the sound
of the shotgun firing both she and Corgan pushed themselves face first into the dirt as the first shot threw up clumps of grass and bushes several yards in front of them the next one was higher but fortunately too high the shotgun pellets went into the trunk of a tree they were hiding under making leaves bark and branches rain down on them before they could even gather their wits together there came the sound of returned gunfire from koff's men Corgan raised his head just in time to see Ricky go down for a moment Ricky looked as
if he was performing some kind of hip-hop dance as the bullets tore into him the force of them coming from all directions practically turning him around in a circle before he fell motionless to the ground then there was complete pandemonium as the posy suddenly Rose from their positions and began to race down the hill and across the open space some were headed straight to where Sharon had been spotted While others raced toward the freshly fallen Ricky Corgan and Jenkins were a little slow Off the Mark so they were the last to arrive Corgan went immediately
to where kasoff and his men stood in his Circle starring down at the lifeless body of Ricky while Jenkins headed towards the victim after Corgan studied the bullet-ridden body of Ricky he looked up at Koff who was standing at his head with a big grin on his face dressed from head to toe in cam flage clothing he looked like a big game hunter who would just bag the ultimate trophy Corgan wasn't so sure maybe it was because he didn't like to see anybody getting senselessly killed maybe it was because he still thought that if he'd
had a chance to talk to Ricky then maybe things might have been different looks like we're done here the son of the led us on quite a Chase but we got him Koff was announcing to the Press which had closed in and began snapping pictures Corgan shook his head and moved out of the circus he made his way over to where Jenkins and several other policemen were helping the victim towards a 4x4 Jeep they wanted to get her to the hospital as quick as possible but the terrain proved too difficult for an ordinary vehicle so
the 4x4 would take her to the ambulance which was waiting on the road at the edge of the forest she hurt bad Ricky do anything to her Corgan asked Jenkins after she had finished helping Sharon onto the open tail gate of the Jeep where a couple of medical attendants began fussing over her no her injuries look superficial mainly from being dragged through the bush for 3 days you know the usual scratches bumps bruises and owis that plus dehydration and lack of food he didn't beat her up or sexually assault her but she's very emotionally distraught
she claims Ricky kept wanting to reconcile their marriage and when she disagreed he threatened to kill her and then kill himself sounds like the usual if I can't have you then nobody can since there wasn't anybody around to dispute jenkin's observation it became the official version of the event Corgan nodded and looked over at the Jeep where Sharon sat on the tailgate surrounded by the medics he thought Jenkins was probably right the woman looked none the worse for wear for her ordeal one medic was busy combing grass and leaves out of her hair and tending
to a couple of scratches on her sun burnt face while the other was dabbing ointment and applying bandages to cuts and bruises on her arms and legs back in town most of the surch crew crowded into a bar to tell and retell their stories about the search for Ricky over a bunch of beer how however both Jenkins and Corgan begged off Jenkins said she was anxious to get home to her kids after not seeing them for 3 days while Corgan said he wanted to get started on a report while it was still fresh in his
mind after dropping Jenkins off at her car Corgan drove to his place stripped off his clothes took a long hot shower then shaved off his three-day growth of beard and changed into a clean pair of khaki trousers and Polo shirt on one hand he was happy that the whole thing had ended with Sharon being found relatively inscathed on the other hand he had his doubts something kept bothering him the whole thing seemed too Pat with the fate of Ricky already decided in advance as if his death was pre-ordained and nobody gave a care after all
he was a no good son of a and everybody was happy to see him get what he deserved that was the problem Sharon the much abused ex-wife made the perfect victim and the abusive son of a Ricky made the perfect villain his going down in a hail of bullets was also the perfect ending because it satisfied everybody and left only the victim's statement for the police Le to go on with nothing to corroborate it maybe he was just being a cynic but detectives got paid for being cynics and after some of the things he had
seen during his years as a policeman he believed humans were capable of doing almost anything first thing in the morning he would do a little more investigation before he wrote his report in the meantime he was hungry Corgan looked in his fridge and didn't like what he saw most of the stuff seemed to be several weeks old and didn't look in the least appetizing so he got in his car and headed to his favorite place finegan it was owned by a red-headed Irishman it boasted an original Irish stew on its menu the owner claimed it
was from a family recipe handed down for Generations Corgan didn't know whether or not it was true he only knew he liked it so much that the stew along with several thi crusts of bread washed down with Irish beer were almost a daily feir for him usually Corgan had his stew and a couple of beer then left but tonight was different mainly because he got tied up at the pool table with some young hot shot Who challenged him to a game which she almost won the youngster kept buying him beer while urging him to play
game after game and then taking his money because he never seemed to be able to beat the kid no matter how close the game looked the kid always seemed to pull of some unbelievable shot as a result Corgan awoke the next morning at home with almost no idea how he got there his head pounded and his stomach kept threatening to divulge itself of the Irish stew but somehow he managed to get himself mobile still it took several minutes under the shower before he was able to Rouse himself enough to get get his clothes on and
head out the door then he realized his car wasn't parked in its usual spot he found it after taking a cab back to Finnegans and then he headed downtown with several things on his mind the number one thing was a little more investigation into the untimely death of Ricky the other was ability of one person being able to con another so good that even when the person being ConEd saw it coming he never really saw it coming too many con men and too many hustlers in this world Corgan mused he mentally tallied up the amount
of money he had lost last night the kid took me for a couple of hundred and I fell right into it and kept coming back for more as Corgan pulled into a parking lot at the police station he kept wondering if Sharon Carter was also pulling a con Christ you look like this morning too much partying last night Sherry Anderson the secretary teased him as he passed her desk Sherry was a 30ish tall slender brunette with a very pretty face she was always friendly to him and Corgan thought she might have a crush on him
he kept kep promising himself that one day he was going to see if his premonition was right but he had never gotten around it feel like it too he replied only I don't know which is worse The Hangover or the fact that some hot shot pool player sucked me out of a couple hundred bucks last night the kid was so good that I never saw it coming even though I told myself to be careful this guy might be a hustler Sherry laughed and replied oh yeah sucker born every minute isn't that how it goes she
pulled out a desk drawer and grabbed a bottle of aspirin here have a couple of these she said as she shook a few tablets into his offered hand maybe the next time you decide to have a night on the town you should do it with somebody who plays a whole lot nicer she added as she gave him a wink and a big smile ordinarily Corgan might have flirted right back at her but this morning he just wasn't in the mood for it later he promised himself as he made his way to his cubicle and grabbed
yesterday's reports he scan through them quickly and it was just as he suspected the police involved in the pursuit and death of Ricky Carter all came to the same conclusion they had successfully tracked down and killed the man who had kidnapped and threatened to kill his ex-wife Corgan realized his report wouldn't be much different unless he could find some discrepancy somewhere he threw the aspirins into his mouth and washed them down with a cup of hot black coffee maybe the aspirins did help or it could be the hot coffee Corgan wasn't sure which but he
definitely felt a bit better he left the police station and headed over to the coroner's office Corgan sipped on another hot coffee and munched on a donut while reading the Corner's report same as everybody else's he saw Ricky died from numerous gunshot wounds to the Torso and head and it was too difficult to say which one actually did him in in total there were six shots that hit him Corner Dr Ivon Peltier explained and anyone could have been fatal what about narcotics and Boo from what I saw Ricky sure acted like he was so stoned
and drunk that he probably didn't even realize what he was doing yeah lots of booze in his system both whiskey and vodka and enough narcotics to kill a horse he was so full of uppers downers and Inbetweeners it's a wonder he was still on his feet let alone be able to fire a shotgun at you I hear he came close to hitting you and Jenkins the corner replied lucky shot to be even close Corgan shrug it off Ricky was so stoned and drunk he couldn't have hit the side of a barn door now for the
million-dollar question Corgan thought as he posed his question to the coroner that much narcotics and Boose is it normal for somebody intent on kidnapping a woman to take so much of that stuff it makes him practically unable to function kind of defeats the purpose of the whole thing doesn't it I mean wouldn't a normal person want to be able to keep his wits about him so he'd be able to evade the police and avoid being killed the coroner was silent for a moment as she pondered corgan's question then she replied yeah I see your point
but you're talking normal person when a kidnapper is anything but normal who knows what's going through a person's mind when he kidnaps somebody especially somebody who he believes still loves him the poor guy was probably total delusional to begin with and the narcotics and booze just make it worse in the end he probably felt that since he's going to end it all anyway what better way to go than a shootout with the cops what suicide by police Corgan asked and the coroner nodded in agreement you got to understand Corgan that these guys are probably nut
cases from the get-go and then they just snap from then on everything makes perfect sense to them by the time Corgan left the the coroner's office he was convinced that the death of Ricky was going to be ruled what everybody wanted it to be death by police after he refused to surrender his kidnapped victim and surrender to the police the blast from the shotgun made it even more believable that the police had no choice but to shoot him Corgan knew he had one chance left to get to the bottom of everything and that was to
confront the victim herself and see what she had to say about the ordeal it was a long shot but Corgan felt he had to take it he phoned Sharon Carter's at her house since she gave him her address Corgan had no trouble finding the place it was a trendy apartment style condo and of course there was no place to park near it so he stuck his Official Police business sticker on the dashboard and parked in a No Parking Zone Sharon buzzed him in immediately and he took the elevator up to her third floor apartment Corgan
paused at her door before knocking because he could hear voices which meant she had company it was a disappointment because he was hoping to find her alone but he decided to confront her whether or not she had visitors come on in the doors open a female voice hollered in response to his knock and Corgan entered the apartment it had an open concept design with a kitchen nook immediately to the left and a living room Straight Ahead where Sharon sat on a sofa in the company of two female friends why detective so nice for you to
join us you care for something Sharon asked is from her position on the sofa sorry I can't get up but my leg is bothering me she was stretched out with her feet on a hassk one of which bore a couple of bandages there were also some small scratches on her sunburnt face corgan's immediate thought was that she was recovering pretty damned quick from her 3day forced March through the forest meet my friends Susan and Sylvia they have been so wonderful in helping me get over my ordeal this morning they decided to come over and keep
me company since I'm a shut in the doctor says to stay off my foot for a couple of days after last night corgan's stomach felt a bit queasy at just the smell of the liquor Sharon waved under his knows but then it really didn't matter he was here on business not pleasure and there was no way he was going to drink with her especially with the suspicions he had about her and her friends he merely nodded at the women before turning his attention back to Sharon why Miss Carter I sure am glad to see you
recovered so quickly from your ordeal Corgan replied with a hint of sarcasm in his voice he didn't show any sympathy for her and he wanted it that way to try and make her feel intimidated enough to foolishly say something she hadn't intended to Oh I thought you realiz ized I wasn't that seriously injured at least physically but emotionally that's a whole different story the doctors say I was so emotionally abused that it may take some time before I'm okay and right now I feel as if I can never trust another man again after all the
son of a did threaten to kill me you know Corgan saw her girlfriends nodding in sympathy and decided to pull no punches because he felt he had nothing to lose and it was one last chance with everything into the pot oh yeah I understand Ricky did abuse you he threatened to kill you all right and he was probably a real son of a we can all agree on that but the question I have is did you have to set him up to be killed wasn't there some other way to end this Corgan knew he had
lost when Sharon was able to look right back at him without even so much as blinking the woman had guts that's for such he concluded Sharon just took another sip of her drink and replied what I don't understand detective is why you are still investigating this case at all did you know that Captain Koff told me it's closed as as far as he's concerned isn't it just great that I don't have to worry about Ricky anymore that's because it's not really closed as far as I'm concerned you see I think the case isn't completely airtight
because there's still a few things missing and that leaves it with a few gaps you understand what that means it means that I'll watching you and your friends for a while yet so you better not slip up on anything or I'll be there to pounce on you Sharon sipped her drink again and smiled at Corgan thanks for the warning detective but haven't you heard the saying about the wisdom of having gaps in airtight things Corgan was ready to leave but he delayed his departure a moment waiting for the answer the gaps are good because they
let a little sunshine in Corgan turned to leave ignoring The gales of laughter from the women he now is only sure of one thing God help the next man who pissed one of those women off dear listeners please share your thoughts in the comments section below and don't forget to like share and subscribe
