Justice Is Served

By Anastasia Cassella

Justice Is Served by Anastasia Marie Cassella

Sequel to Murder, Secrets, and Injustice in a Small Town.

Anastasia Marie Cassella’s ‘Justice is Served-Sequel to Murder, Secrets and Injustice in a Small Town’ is where a young man finds himself in the same predicament that the main character of Murder, Secrets and Injustice in a Small Town does accepting this young man who stands up for his ‘woman’ finds out that without money and bigwigs to help you hide your secret you get served ‘justice’ so is this truly justice served?

A small town where injustices regarding murder were once known to happen will not allow it to happen again. But what happens when you have no money to pay off witnesses and police?

What happens when there is just you against the world?

In small town of Cherryfield, Maine where rumors run rampant who do you believe and when do you believe?
Romance, murder, and mayhem abound in this tale of justice but is it truly justice?

Follow Ana in her struggle for strength and romance in this unforgiving tale of justice.

5-Stars: Sequel to Murder, Secrets In A Small Town. Both books are based on a similar, true, crime story, Anastasia take her readers to experience small town crime and justice. I found the story interesting. Review by Editor at Book Marketing Global Network.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Aug 27, 2023
• ISBN: 9781312205741

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Justice Is Served

Sequel To

Murder, Secrets, and Injustice In A Small Town

By Anastasia Marie Cassella

Self-Published Through Lulu.com

978-1-312-20583-3

Imprint: Lulu.com

978-1-312-20574-1

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About The Author

Anastasia, the author, is disabled. Her disabilities include ADHD, Complex Bi-Polar I, Depression, Anxiety, Complex PTSD, Arthritis, Bursitis, DDD, IBS, and Agoraphobia. She also has some bone degeneration in her neck. She also has fibromyalgia.

She has won Editor’s Choice Awards on five or more of her pieces of poetry when she entered them into contests.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Copyright Page

About The Author

Table of Contents

Prologue

Chapter One-The Beginning Of The Trial

Chapter Two-Don’s Visit to Ana

Chapter Three-Don’s Confession

Chapter Four-Ana’s Strength Grows

Chapter Five-Ana’s Decision

Chapter Six-A Son’s Love

Chapter Seven-Ana’s Call to Derrick Small Chapter Eight-Ana’s Meeting

Chapter Nine-Ana’s Confession

Chapter Ten-Ana’s Preparation

Chapter Eleven-The Preparation

Chapter Twelve-Derrick

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PROLOGUE

Don and Sherman struggled with one another. Don took his large fist and smashed Sherman in the face breaking his nose. Sherman bounced back against the wall and off it again right back to Don swinging wildly, landing blows on Don’s chest. Don was 6’ 3" and 280 lbs. and no match for Sherman a small built man but strong because of his job. They grappled with one another and then Don had Sherman by the throat. He pushed Sherman up against the wall again and held onto his throat. Suddenly Sherman slumped down a bit and Don did not know if Sherman had passed out or not. When Don let go of Sherman, Sherman dropped to the floor like a ton of bricks.

Don felt for a pulse and there was none. He wondered what had he done. What was he going to do? He knew he had to do something with Sherman so that he did not get blamed for Sherman’s murder. Then it struck him. Sherman had been stalking Ana and if he hung himself on account of his undying love for Ana then Don himself would not even be suspected of murder.

Don went to Sherman’s desk and grabbed a pen and paper. Don wrote out a suicide note that said ‘It’s all Ana’s fault.’ That was it, short and sweet. He found a paper clip on the desk and bent it open to use as a pin to pin the note on Sherman’s shirt. He then carried Sherman out to his truck and dumped his body on the back bed of the truck where Don normally kept his tools hidden under a tarp. Because of a job that was nearby Don had left his tools on the site.

Don covered Sherman’s body with the tarp tying it off in the holes on the bed of the truck that were provided for such things. He decided that he would wait until everyone in the apartment complex was asleep and then he would take the body and hang it from the tree in the courtyard. He had towing rope that was sturdy enough to haul a body up into the air.

When midnight came Don started his plan. He drove to the apartment complex and when he arrived in the parking lot, he turned out the lights on his black Dodge Ram leaving only the parking lights to see by. He parked his truck in his usual spot and turned off the engine. He then sat there wondering if what he was about to do would succeed.

He got quietly out of the truck and closed the door gently.

He looked around to see if anyone was up and about or if there were any lights on in the apartments at the front of the complex near the courtyard that held the tree that he would use. Seeing no signs of life and no lights he went to the bed of his truck and lifted Sherman’s body out of the truck, still wrapped in the tarp. Still wrapped in the tarp in case someone should see him lugging it he could say it was his tools or something else. He had it all figured out.

He went to the tree in the courtyard and threw the rope up over the largest branch he could see by the full moon. He then made a hangman’s noose and put it around Sherman’s neck. He pulled on the other end of the rope raising Sherman’s body into the air. As soon as he saw that Sherman’s feet were about the height of one of the lawn chairs, he decided that Sherman’s body was high enough off the ground to make it look as though he committed suicide. Don then tied the rope around the base of the tree running it around and around about four times before he tied it off.

He then took the lawn chair that he had seen and used to estimate the height of where Sherman’s body should be hung and placed the chair under Sherman’s feet. Then he kicked it over to make it look like Sherman had kicked it out from under himself. There! He had accomplished what he hoped he would. He quickly went into the entrance of the apartment complex and went to his door. Looking up and down the hallway and seeing no one he unlocked the apartment door and went inside as if nothing had ever happened.

Once inside Don showered, changed into his lounging pants, and decided it was time for bed. He slept the night with no conscience about what happened. The next morning, he awoke to a clamor outside the apartment door. Wondering what was going on he stepped outside the apartment and asked someone rushing by what was happening. He was told someone had hung himself in the tree in the courtyard the night before. Don just slowly stepped back into the apartment and calmly closed the door.

THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIAL

Don had been arrested for Sherman Stanhouse’s murder after forensics had determined it was not a suicide. They had found fingerprints on the suicide note and on the lawn chair that was supposedly kicked out from under him when Sherman Stanhouse committed suicide. They had arrested Don approximately two weeks later after the findings of the forensics team had been divulged. The whole town was in shock about the arrest. Could the forensics team be right?

Was Don guilty or innocent? Who would ever know the truth? The rumor mills have already started. Half of the gossipers believe that Don did murder Sherman and the other half believes that Sherman killed himself because of his fatal love attraction to Ana. They were aware of Sherman’s total devotion to Ana although they had split up suddenly. The town was not made aware of what the reason was because Ana and Sherman were not ones to share those kinds of details with anyone knowing rumors would get started. They also knew that Ana believed that Sherman was stalking her. They knew of her hospitalization too. Not much was a secret in this small coastal town. Everyone knows everyone else’s business by one way or another. Someone always talks.

Ana was at the initial hearing but she was not sure why. Don and Ana had divorced not even a year ago. What did she care about what happened to Don?