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move. I told mutual friends very
convincing stories about her being
neurotic and harassing me.
“Then I went too far. I saw her
talking to an older man one night,
a stranger, outside her house. He
left and she lingered with her little
dog outside the front of her house.
I knew her partner was out of town.
I was already planning ways I would
separate them but now there was
this new guy. I went crazy because
he wasn’t in the plan. I was blinded
by jealousy – Why was she talking
to him and not me? Who was he?
I ran out of the bushes and grabbed
her, shaking her, screaming at her.
She was driving me crazy. She broke
away, ran inside and locked the
door. I belted on the door. I could
hear her kids screaming inside, but
I couldn’t stop.
“When the police arrived, it all
went downhill from there. Then they
found the pictures of her and the
computer stuff. A lot was uncovered.
I ended up serving time.
“I hear she moved away,’ James
said. “I don’t know where. Just talking
about it now is bringing it all back.”
He was more preoccupied about
what it had done to his life. “I guess
I am still not totally over it,” he said.
“I don’t know whether I can continue
talking about it. Best I stop now.”
“So, James, if Carly walked into this
room, what would you do?” I asked.
He stared out of the window for
what seemed like an eternity. Finally
he said, “I honestly don’t know. But
I know I haven’t felt this way about
anyone else in my life, or anyone I
met before Carly. I wouldn’t know
until she was in front of me.”
I hoped that he never had contact
with Carly again.This is an edited
extract from
Stalked: The
Human Target by
Rachel Cassidy,
© 2018. Published
by Rockpool
Publishing, http://www.
rockpoolpublishing.
com.au.COMRADE ROBOTA ‘hi-tech robot’ on show at a Russian tech event late
last year was later discovered to be a man in a suit.
State television showed ‘Robot Boris’ apparently able to
walk, talk, do maths and dance to a pop song.
As it turns out, the suit was a $5000 outfit made by
a company called Show Robots.
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