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Whatever It Takes: Part 3
John deals with his demons as the town begins to look for the wife of the mayor after she suspiciously disappears. Harry Winston’s suspicions begin to draw the attention of John’s alter ego.
Two police cruisers sat outside city hall. The officers were there to meet with the mayor. Helena had been gone for twenty-four hours. She officially was a missing person in the eyes of the law. As the mayor’s wife, hers was a high-profile disappearance.
John felt the guilt inside him. Every time he thought about turning himself in, the demonic entity inside him took over. The demon inside John was slowly replacing John, gently edging him out of the driver’s seat. John was beside himself with grief as he sat there rocking back and forth.
While the officers took Helena’s information, John rocked back and forth. The booming voice in his head was deafening as it shouted instructions. It fed John what to say, how to say it, and where to point the authorities investigating Helena’s disappearance.
“I was in my office, waiting for my wife to meet me,” he told the officers.
“We found her car a couple of blocks from here,” explained Officer Stevens. “Your wife’s belongings were behind the car on…