The Hostage He Refused to Believe

My husband, Carter, had a first love named Jessica.

Once, Jessica got into a shouting match with a guy over a minor biking accident. To help her vent her frustration, Carter abused his power as a police captain and threw the man in a holding cell on bogus charges.

That petty act of favoritism left the man with a criminal record and a heart full of venom.

Sometime later, that same man kicked down the door to my in-laws' house. He held Carter's parents and his younger sister hostage with a hunting knife, demanding that Carter show up and apologize.