Chapter 20
ACCORDING to the psychological tests that Maria ran, I scored high on anxiety and moderately high on depression.
‘That’s pretty normal for someone dealing with psychological trauma,’ she said at the beginning of our second session. ‘What we need to determine now is what you want to get out of these sessions.’
‘My only goal is to find a way of disposing of Edward Gisbourne, a giant carbuncle on the face of humanity.’
Maria raised her eyebrows. ‘What brought this on?’
I told her about Gisbourne ostensibly being back in town and about his recent conviction. As I had no desire to go into my relationship with Frankie, I ended with, ‘So, he’s not only a bank robber but he beats his wife up as well. That’s the lowest of low, as far as I’m concerned.’
‘What exactly did he do?’
‘I
