The following excerpt is taken from journals belonging to Zoe Chase, which were found in Chase's residence and turned over to the Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department by Chase's parents, Howard and Marion Neidelmen.

February 14, 2000

Valentine's Day! Ah, the roses, the wine... the JEWELRY! Guess I'll have to put these beauties away. Too bad, so pretty! Press em in the big dictionary maybe.

Poor jack!

But he gets most of what he wants I guess. Oh well...

Into the safe. Into the deep confines of your new home my pretties.

Yes, you nestle, right there among the other treasures from my secret lotharios.

Mr. X and Mr. XX - not for the faint of heart. Oh my... it's terribly warm in here!

Secrets, secrets... I've got a secret. Can you guess what it is? I bet you can't. Even if you psychoanalyze me, plagiarize me, pulverize me. Where's Bob Zimmerman when you need him. Ha! Ha!

Well, I deserve it. I really do. You see an opportunity and you have to grab it! grab it! grab it! Or it will never come again. I did it and it's done and that's all there is to it.

It's going to be fine, okay, a-okay. Hmmmmm.... too much champagne I think. Oh,oh, I think I hear the big bad wolf. Gotta go little diary friend o' mine. Later. Go into your secret place.

Z

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