Free Kill the Ones You Love by Robert Scott

get in a group together. And then he started talking to me more, and we joined a guild. Not his, but just a guild. When we left the faction, he wanted a way to contact me. We needed a way of contact for this other project he was working on. It was just a project to bring people together for graphics work, stuff like that. Just to help inspire people.
    â€œHe told me he worked for the air force, with the OSI or something like that, and that he had a team who tracked and caught terrorists. I don’t know how it worked, but that’s the impression I got. So that’s what I thought he did.”
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    While Jessica earned her keep, Gabe was nothing but a freeloader in the household. His caregiving toward Kalea was worse than useless; he’d become a burden to Robin and especially to Bob. The money that Bill Pope had loaned him was long gone, and it appeared that Gabe had no intention of finding any productive job in the area at all. Gabe and his family were using Robin and Bob’s food, using their water and using their electricity. It’s not recorded if Jessica was paying them something, but Gabe certainly was not.
    When he wanted, Gabe could still be charming and personable. When Gabe’s stepsister’s husband, Robert Hayden, first met Gabe, he thought he was a “cool guy.” Gabe was friendly and did not act weird around Isabelle’s husband.
    But he was slipping a lot in other aspects of his life. Incredibly, he now pronounced that he didn’t approve of his mother living in sin with Bob Kennelly. This was incredible—in light of the fact that he’d just cheated on his wife and had done a myriad of other illegal acts.
    But Gabe told Robin and Bob that he was a “spiritual man.” And then he absolutely floored them with his next comment: “I’m the forerunner for the Second Coming of Christ.”
    Gabe did not explain how a boozing, dope-smoking, wife-cheating slacker was somehow the forerunner of Christ. Robin didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at this outrageous statement.
    When Robin and Bob refused to acknowledge his wild claims, Gabe became angry and visibly upset. By now, Gabe was not just telling them that he was the forerunner of Christ’s Second Coming; he had started telling others in his church as well. In fact, it became his new mission to tell others exactly how the local church should be run.
    Gabe started to fall prey to rumors that some folks gossiped about and spread—claims that Bob’s previous wives had not died natural deaths. None of these charges were true; but since Gabe was already antagonistic toward Bob, he began to believe in them wholeheartedly. In fact, this belief began to take on darker and more sinister tones in Gabe’s mind as time went on. What had only been rumors in some quarters became a matter of faith in Gabe’s mind.
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    Gabe had believed a lot of things about himself over the years, but now his beliefs bordered on madness. It wasn’t some con, some artful duplicity. No, he actually believed his wild claims. He caused scenes around town and even at his church. He said that he had the true faith, and the leadership at the local LDS church did not.
    Pamela Hansen, who lived in the area, had known Gabe for sixteen years by 2009. Often called “Pam,” this young woman originally knew him as a person who was “extremely bright, energetic and smart. All the world was his stage, and everyone liked him.”
    Pam recounted, “We were teenagers when we first met, and my family hadn’t moved to Bandon yet. We just went to church there whenever we were in the area. Later, Gabe was friends with me and my husband. He visited us more after he came back from his mission to Australia. Gabe always had big ideas and hopes. He didn’t brag about them, but he was excited about going to BYU.
    â€œGabe always showed compassion to others. He was interested in what other