Free EVO Universe 1: The First by Kipjo Ewers

to Robert the night he was murdered.

    She could still remember the cries and wails of her family especially her mother when the lead juror read the guilty verdict on all charges, a week later, she would hear the chilling words during her sentencing.

    “Has the jury reached a verdict on sentencing?” demanded the judge.

    “Yes your honor,” announced the lead juror.

    The judge motioned for the bailiff to take the paper from the lead juror so that he can read their judgment against Sophia. Time literally stood still for her in that moment, after reading; he looked at the jury one more time, then back of a trembling Sophia waiting for sentencing.

    “Usually I would disregard what is on this paper, and hand down a life sentence with no promise of parole, being that this is your first brush with the law Mrs. Matheson,” the judge started to say.

    “But the evidence of the crimes in which you have committed is so …disgusting…so heinous…I have no choice but to make an exception here today,” he continued to say shaking his head.

    “You not only planned out the murder of your husband, but you butchered him while he laid very much coherent and defenseless…as a former Marine myself…I find this to be the most dishonorable and cowardice way to be murdered,” he continued with his sentencing.

    “And so I have no choice but to go with the decision of the jury and levy the ultimate punishment against you…Sophia Matheson….you will be remanded to Mountain View Unit for Women in Gatesville where you will be sentenced to death by lethal injection…May God have mercy on your soul, remand Mrs. Matheson into custody. This court is adjourned,” was his judgment as he slammed the gavel down.

    She had collapsed at the word “death” as the wails grew louder in the courtroom; her mother rushed to the hospital for a mild heart attack. After three months of prison time she had cut off all contact from her family and friends, so they could not see the state she was in. She changed her name back to Dennison, and after her first and only appeal that took an agonizing three and a half years, she did not have the strength to go through another appeal and decided to wait to die.

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    She did not know if it was one of her abilities, but her mind was like a DVD operating in 4D mode, playing back events in her mind in clear detail where it felt like she could literally smell, hear, and touch things as long as she focused on that time. She tested it by concentrating on the night in the hotel. She remembered waking up, literally feeling the grogginess and massive cottonmouth taste like it was happening again. She did not understand how she went from being naked in her bed wrapped up in Robert’s embrace to one of her business suits as she tried to sit up on the bed.

    Looking around the room the only things she recognized was her laptop on the desk and her luggage. Who packed her luggage, and why was it there? Why was she there for that matter?

    Bathroom she thought to herself, running her face with ice-cold water would wake her up and shake the fogginess so she could figure out what the hell was truly going on. As she got to her feet, her soul leaped out of her body from the startling sound of the door to the room slammed open, men flooding in and screaming at her. As her focus became clearer, she could see that they were police officers with their guns pointed at her.

    “What…what’s happening…?” Sophia managed to get out amid the chaos.

    The officers ignored her as they just barked at her, “On the ground! Get on the ground now!”

    Sophia raised her hands in the air terrified, “I don’t understand…what’s happening? What’s happening?”

    Realizing she was not armed two officers rushed her throwing her violently to the carpet floor of the room. It felt like they were attempting to snap her arms in half like twigs. She sobbed and wailed uncontrollably. Why was she in that room? How