Today was connecting Simon's attempt to return home and being arrested, again, with the part where he remembers the death of Fabian. The two parts together is 10,000 words and still being worked over. Added to.
There's a local podcaster named Frahnkly Frank who may have inadvertently let the police know where Simon was staying...thanks to a podcast. I'm at that point, now, and trying to figure out which way to go with it.
I'm also debating whether or not I should treat this like a murder mystery, after all, with someone like ReShawn investigating. Putting the pieces together. It might make the story more interesting. Compelling. I don't know.
I'm hesitant because that adds another layer of separation from Simon's story. I also think it lessens the impact of some moments...and makes him a character instead of a person. I have several moments of him just being Simon...sitting on his porch during a downpour, in a sense of calm...doing a work of art he's especially proud of...and, in fact, his whole memory of Fabina's last days.
I think that is what will keep this following him instead of an investigator...until the third part of the book. After he's dead and ReShawn is not only trying to figure out what happened but navigate the minefield being laid down by the DA's office and the Barrington Police Department.
So much left to do. I won't be done, this year.
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