Chapter 22

CHAPTER 22

Two detectives from the Baton Rouge Police Department interviewed Maybelle, Lovesong, and me, the only witnesses to what had happened. Our stories were simple, and they matched perfectly.

The reverend had a fight with his wife, and she ran off into the bayou.

Devastated, the reverend went to the manor to tell his son, Lovesong, but in his distraught state he lost his footing on the stairs and fell, hitting his head and breaking his bones on the way down.

The police searched the bayou.

They found an old shack, but there was no sign of anyone living there.

As for a body, it was assumed the reverend’s wife became the victim of a gator attack.

The reports were stamped.

The witness accounts were filed.

And the case was closed.