35 “Casey?” “Yes Judy?” “It bothers me.” Judy was scrolling through social media and news pages on the internet. “The Mason family. It isn’t like; you know… it’s not according the pattern. It’s not like the murder on Matthew, or any other murder on one of your former army buddies.” “I know. It keeps me thinking too.” “The others were killed in a way similar to Matthew’s dead. Like serial killers are supposed to do.” She thought about what she said. “I make it sound like there’s a manual for serial killers… But you know what I mean. In all previous murders, the family never got hurt.” Casey looked up from his tablet. Put the computer on the couch, showing Judy he was paying her attention. “Does it mean I was lucky? And Mrs. Seegers was lucky too? I keep wondering if I, or if we, are

