A MURDER PREVENTED:
FOURTH ADVENTURE OF THE CYANOCUBE BEARER
By
Forrest W. Schultz
A
few days ago I was very impressed when I read the description of the opening of
the story in a newly published book: the main character overhears the
planning of a crime. Then, yesterday, I was astonished when the same thing
happened to me: I overheard two men planning a murder! While I was
still in a stunned state, my angelic friend Michael suddenly appeared, slew the
criminals, and transported their corpses to a nearby deeeeep river which loves
to entomb bad guys!
He
then quickly spoke to me: "Cyanocube Bearer, I am in a hurry.
I need to leave at once for a special mission, so I had to deal with
these criminals immediately. I have no time to say anything more. I
will get in touch with you as soon as my mission is completed. "Good Bye!!" I replied. "Goodbye, Michael and THANK YOU VERY MUCH and Best
Wishes on your mission!!".
I
thought about this as I walked home from the secluded spot in my woods where
this had happened. I know the woman who was the intended victim.
Her name is Debbie Clark. She was a classmate of mine in high
school and is one of the finest human beings I have ever known. (She was
also the best looking girl in the class!) She did not do any dating
because she did not believe in it -- she liked to say, in the words of the
title of a very thoughtful book, that she had " kissed dating
goodbye", and had decided she would only spend time with a man if they
were to spend their time discussing whether they would get married, which was
the way things were done prior to the twentieth century: they called it
"courtship". Debbie still lives here and works here in her own
home-based business, and she still is single. Since I moved back home several
years ago (as discussed in my Third Adventure) I have seen her a few times in
town, and on one of these occasions we had a brief chat. As I neared my
house, I saw a car pull into my driveway. I was astonished as I saw that
it was Debbie Clark! She got right to the point, and said she wanted to
speak with me about an urgent matter. I invited her into my house where
we immediately went to the living room and she began to speak.
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She
got right to the point. She said, "I was getting ready to eat lunch
when suddenly I had a vision of two wicked men in your woods planning to murder
me, and as soon as they had completed their planning, the vision ended. I
felt that this was God warning me and directing me to your house to report it
to you." I listened attentively and remained calm as I prepared my
reply. I told her VERY emphatically that she must NOT tell anyone of her
vision and she most NOT tell anyone what I was about to tell her!! After
she promised this, I told her that I overheard these two men planning her
murder, after which I saw them being miraculously killed and their corpses
transported away.
Debbie was so grateful and happy that she said she wished to express her
gratitude to me by inviting me to lunch at her home. I immediately
accepted her invitation. AND after lunch she told me that this lunch was
to express her gratitude to me and did not count as courtship. If I
wanted to court her I had to ask her. I replied, "I do not NEED to
court you. I KNOW I want to marry you. Will you marry me?" She
very emphatically and enthusiastically said "YES".! We decided
not to have a wedding ceremony. We went to a Justice of the Peace who is
a friend of hers to get the wedding document, and now we are married.
We
did not always live HAPPILY ever after, but we always lived INTERESTINGLY ever
after!!
June 14, 2017
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