I think my wife is trying to kill me. I know that sounds ridiculous. Why am I writing this down in a journal? Why am I not calling the police? Because I"m not sure, that"s the plain truth. It"s so subtle I need to know if it"s true. Or if I"m going crazy. Why would she? Karen and I have been married for twenty-seven years. We don"t even fight anymore. Not really. The kids are mostly gone. Sure, Jason still technically lives here, but with college, the girlfriend, and the pizza job, he"s never here. It"s just us now. Pepe and Shadow don"t count. Just a happy middle-aged couple with a dog and a cat. We"re happy, right? I can"t just ignore the weird things that are happening. It"s not natural that I"ve been sick so much. I never get sick. Maybe the sniffles once a year, but that"s it. It"s

