Deeper
“Instead, I did what I always do when my life goes to absolute hell: I tried to take care of business.
Certain things have to be done, no matter how shitty you might feel. I was numb and defeated, so I guess you could say I was working on autopilot when I called the Coast Guard to report two missing people. The first was Belle; the second was Davey.
There were questions, of course. Where were we? Why didn't we report the incident earlier? Was there any sign that they might have been wearin...g safety equipment, etc.
Now, I suppose at this point you're wondering why I called the Coast Guard when I already knew what had happened to my wife. I can answer that easily enough. I needed to take every measure that I could, for one thing. It was also easier to lie to them and ask for help than it was to explain that my wife had been taken by mutant tuna fish with grabby fingers.
"But, Joe, you had evidence, didn't you?" No. Actually, I had word of mouth and a murder scene being investigated by the Golden Cove PD. Aside from that, I had nothing. And even if I'd had videotaped footage of the entire thing, in this day and age there would have been a hundred people calling the footage a fake and a thousand demanding to see the creature in the pursuit of science. Somewhere along the way, they'd have forgotten about Belle. That wasn't acceptable to me.MoreLess
Certain things have to be done, no matter how shitty you might feel. I was numb and defeated, so I guess you could say I was working on autopilot when I called the Coast Guard to report two missing people. The first was Belle; the second was Davey.
There were questions, of course. Where were we? Why didn't we report the incident earlier? Was there any sign that they might have been wearin...g safety equipment, etc.
Now, I suppose at this point you're wondering why I called the Coast Guard when I already knew what had happened to my wife. I can answer that easily enough. I needed to take every measure that I could, for one thing. It was also easier to lie to them and ask for help than it was to explain that my wife had been taken by mutant tuna fish with grabby fingers.
"But, Joe, you had evidence, didn't you?" No. Actually, I had word of mouth and a murder scene being investigated by the Golden Cove PD. Aside from that, I had nothing. And even if I'd had videotaped footage of the entire thing, in this day and age there would have been a hundred people calling the footage a fake and a thousand demanding to see the creature in the pursuit of science. Somewhere along the way, they'd have forgotten about Belle. That wasn't acceptable to me.MoreLess
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