Back to the writing grind...

While part of me wants to take off from writing for the rest of the year, PvSH is making itself a nuisance. I wonder how the cops find out where Simon is staying after he's finally been freed from jail? Well, up pops a podcast reporter who tried to interview him. He was told where to locate Simon by his sister-in-law, who works for ReShawn's law firm, Kaplan, Wilde, and Green, and is homophobic.

Of course, Simon won't talk to him, so the reporter goes to one of the cops involved in the case, to get his side, and inadvertently lets him know Simon's whereabouts. A snippet of which winds up as part of the man's podcast.

ReShawn sees the podcast, can't get in contact with Simon and finds the gravesite. He calls in the state police and they call in the reporter, who is live-streaming when he arrives...and is ecstatic at seeing Simon's body. It means his podcast will now go viral.

The state cops keep everything low-key, so the local cops don't know about the murder investigation until the live-stream explodes across the web and they're asked about it. Fun, fun, fun.

What this brought up is, how does ReShawn find Simon's body? Through an AirTag. He has one in his backpack due to a theft situation. The jail's guards claimed they didn't know where it was, when he tried to reclaim it after being released, so he used ReShawn's Iphone to track it and force them to get it out of the property room. Money in his wallet's gone and his laptop and phone are busted, but he doesn't cause a scene. He just wants to leave. And ReShawn uses that to lead him to Simon's grave.

I also rewrote Simon's death scene. Made it his POV...and it's...well, I'm going to make it as close to poetry as I can. Dream-like. It ends the chapter...and really the second act of the book...and I want it to kick ass.

So...The People v. Simon Halloran is moving along, despite me. I both love and hate when that happens.