Good Night Mom
They found the bodies, seven of them buried in the woods behind the local playground. Once they identified the first body as her husband, my long lost father, she became the prime suspect. At first no one believed she could have done it, not her with her kindness, her thoughtful nature, there was no way she could be a killer. These days they say she is a monster, a demon in human skin. That she lured men in with her beautiful smile and pretty words.
I was eleven when Dad disappeared, honestly it was a relief, the man was an abusive alcoholic. Everyone in the neigborhood was glad to see him gone. Mom told everyone he’d run off with a girlfriend and played the abandoned wife perfectly. I admire how well she was able to act, in another life she could have been a movie star.
Even though others look at me with pity or disdain when they find out about my past, I will always feel she was an excellent mother. After all in four more hours she will die for my crimes.