Chapter 9: Walk
Ina had gotten up early, showered, dressed, and had her coffee in a travel mug before her husband had even woken up. She had plans today.
She headed out the door, her step energetic and her pace brisk. This was exactly what she wanted. A chance to survey her potential hunting grounds without anyone else watching.
Well, except for the occasional jogger, but they were so lost in the zone (whatever that was) that they barely noticed her.
As she walked, she examined, taking in each and every house, trying to remember each and every family who lived inside. Of course she knew Jack's house, but the others...
Her neighbors were no longer potential friends. No, to Ina, they had just become potential subjects in her experiment.
Chapter 10: Prowl
The first house she really paid attention to was at the edge of the block.
The Newlyweds. Mark and Diane. Both in their mid-twenties, and so blissfully happy it could make you sick. Mark had money, and Diane had a good job at an advertising agency downtown. Neither had dealt with debt, or any type of struggle really. They had probably grown up in a neighborhood just like this one. Safe and sound and wealthy.
They didn't have kids yet. That was key. Ina was willing to do a lot of things, but the last thing she wanted to do was ruin some poor kid's life.
No. She would only focus on couples with no kids.
Mark and Diane had just shot to the top of her list.
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