Plans
for the next day included getting some of our pictures saved on a CD, so I
could clear the card in my camera. So I figured I might as well develop the
ones from Lou’s camera. I was at a Kodak kiosk doing just that, when I
felt the hair on the back of my neck prick up, so I whipped around to find the
creepy cop behind me.
“Ok,
this is getting old really fast. Do you have an odd fixation with following
tourists around? Or are you just being a jerk?”
“Mrs.
Fitz, dear, no need for a meltdown. I just happen to be at the same photo kiosk
as you “
“Ya, I
bet!”
“Oh my,
someone is paranoid.” he laughed, “Maybe you really are guilty of that
guy’s murder and used the road kill scenario as a cover up. Maybe, you staged
it to divert attention. I may have to take my thoughts on this to the detective
on the case.”
People
were staring at us and backing away out of the store. The police officer was in
his civvies and couldn’t do anything at that point. He was grinning
evilly, thinking he was getting the better of me.
I stood
straight up, “Too late Fife, we’ve been cleared of all charges so don’t even go
there.”
His
weasel-like face turned bright red, “Quit calling me Fife, my first name
isn’t even Barney! It’s Dave, Dave Meecham. With that he turned and stomped
away from the kiosk.
Okay,
so now my would-be stalker had a name, should I need to use it? I
continued to copy the photos from my card and printed off the ones from Lou’s
SIM card. I went to pay for my pictures and the clerk looked at me oddly.
“What
do I owe ya?”
“Um,
six dollars.” She was clearly rattled by clash with the creepazoid.
It’s
okay, dear, I’m not going to rob or kill ya. There’s no need to be nervous. My
friend who just left is highly delusional…thinks he’s a cop or something. Most
people have a thing for FBI or the CIA. He just wants to be at home in Mayberry
with Andy, Aunt Bea and Opie”
CHAT
WITH DAVE MEECHAM
The cub
reporter for The Daytona Beach News
journal Callie Springford sits down with convicted police officer to get the
straight skinny on what went down during the Killer T. Ford Roadkill rampage.
WHY ARE
YOU IN JAIL?
I let
my brother in-law Killer T. Ford talk me into being his eyes and ears at the
police station. I was privy to a lot of info that I should have told my
supervisors about with regards to his involvement in the identity theft ring
and the hit and runs.
WHAT
MADE YOU DECIDE TO COME CLEAN?
My wife
Annabelle made me see that her brother Duane aka Killer T. was nothing but
trouble and he could very easily drag me down the same dark path to hell that
he was going on. I decided my life with her was more important than keeping
that spoiled little prima donna happy. I had tremendous guilt over the whole
break in thing at the Fitz hotel room, getting Rueben to nail Cronk, and
getting the kid killed by that bastard.
I might be doing time here but I can stand a bit taller having down the
right thing.
WHAT
WAS YOUR CAREER BEFORE THAT?
I was a desk clerk at the local police station as
I had been demoted from my job in Forensics up in Dade County.
ARE YOU
EASILY INFLUENCED BY OTHERS?
Unfortunately
I would have to say yes. Killer T kind of bullied me into doing a lot of dirty
things including trashing that nice couples room.
IF YOU
COULD CHANGE ONE THING IN YOUR LIFE WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Not be such a wuss.
COUNTRY
MUSIC OR ROCK?
Depends on my mood I like
either
DO YOU
HAVE A NICK NAME?
At work they called me Barney Fife now the guys in here call
me Dead Meat
FAVORITE
COLOUR?
Definitely not orange. Hey do
you think this jumpsuit makes me look fat?
WHAT
ARE YOU GOING TO DO WHEN YOU GET OUT?
I
am taking computer courses so maybe I can get a job at Best Buy when I get out.
DO YOU
HAVE REGRETS? Yes definitely and if I
could I would undo all the things I did to hurt innocent people I would do it
in a minute.
IF YOU
COULD GIVE A ROOKIE COP ONE PIECE OF ADVICE WHAT WOULD IT BE? Stick with your
principles and don’t let the lure of easy money make you do stupid things.
DEAD ON
ARRIVAL
LITTLE
KNOWN FACTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR
1. I was born in a small town in
Northern Ontario
2. I wore glasses full time from
the time I was 3 until I was 11
3. My favorite cartoon character is
SNOOPY
4. Cats are my fave pets but I do
love dogs and I had a Beagle at one point named Barney—thought I was gonna say
SNOOPY didn’t you?
5. My nicknames have been
Karebear-given to me by a client at work. Wabbit-high school friends stuck me
with that one and of course Snoopy.
6. I have an obsession with
KLONDIKE BARS
7. My husband is a Muppet fanatic
and does impersonations. He has been known to freestyle and single different
songs mixed together –highly distracting while I am writing.
8. I love doing and watching stand
up comedy and one of my books was dedicated to that hobby.
9. My two hot button topics are
bullying and stigma of mental illness
10. I might not look old enough but
have 5 grown kids and a grandson
Trivia
questions based on my blog
1. How many books have I written in
total? I have 3 in a series I call Laura & Gerry and a stand alone called Where
did the last one take place? I took Laura and Gerry on a honeymoon to DAYTONA
BEACH for sun, fun and murder!
2. What ice cream treat do I seem
to be obsessed with? I seemed to have an affinity for KLONDIKE BARS and what
people might do with them.
3. Besides writing what’s my fave
hobby? My love for stand up comedy sparked the urge to write DEAD COMIC
STANDING and I use comedy in my series as Laura tends to be sarcastic.
4. What is my genre? Mystery all
the way.
5. What word appears in all my
titles?Must be obsessed with it but Dead has appeared in all my titles
6. What’s my country of Origin?Proud
to be a canadian
7. What are the names of my two
leads? Laura and Gerry
8. What’s the name of my stand
alone? DEAD COMIC STANDING
9. Is Laura a trained cop? No she
is an arm chair detective and a bit of a corpse magnet –dead bodies just show
up.
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