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“There are millions of people he could’ve gone to forapproval, but he chose a serial killer, one that’s known for his manipulative personality.” Ally shook her head. “Tate doesn’t deserve your sympathy, Chad. His victims do.”
“Why can’t I feel for both?”
“Do you think Tate’s love of serial killers takes away his accountability over the murders?”
“No, but—”
“There’s no but. Tate made a choice. He made that choice four times.”
“He changed his mind the fourth time. He didn’t want Shawn to die. When I got there, he was trying to save him.”
“Tate didn’t save Shawn, you did.”
“Tate pulled him from the car.”
“And you got him breathing again. Tate climbed into his car, not knowing if his brother would live or die. He thought only of a way of escaping the situation.”
“It wasn’t like that.”
“Then tell me what it was like?”
Chad picked at the bobbles in the blanket. “All the serial killers we’ve gone after, and this is the first one I felt sorry for.”
Ally opened her mouth to cut him off, but Chad raised his hand. “Please…”
She deflated and gestured for him to speak.
“We’ve had the braggers who are proud of what they’ve done. We’ve had the deniers who never admit it even when there’s overwhelming evidence. We’ve had the ones that have a compulsion, a need, a monster in their head they just can’t ignore. One that gives them pleasure. This is the first time I’ve had a serial killer who didn’t want to be one at all.”
“He did want to be one.”
“No. He didn’t.”
“If he didn’t, all he had to do was stop, or better yet, not have started in the first place.”
“It isn’t that simple.”
“Of course it is. It’s black and white.”
“Nothing is.” Chad shook his head. “Vincent exploited a weakness.”
“Tate was stupid enough to show it to him.”
“That’s not fair.”
“What’s not fair is three young men having their lives cut short all because Tate wanted to impress his serial killer pen-pal.”
“I asked the nurses whether Tate’s dad came to visit him in the hospital.”
“What’s that got to do with anything?”
“He didn’t visit him. Didn’t even call to ask about him.”
“So Tate had daddy issues. That doesn’t give him the right to murder people, people who trusted him. That doesn’t justify him trying to kill his brother.”
“I’m not saying it does.”
“Then what are you trying to say?”
