The next morning, Luther and Betty were enjoying their morning coffee, when all of a sudden there was a hard pounding on the door.
   "Who the heck knocks like that?" Betty asked Luther, hoping he would be the one to answer it.
   "I don't know, but I'm gonna find out." He said as he rushed to the door. He looked out the curtain and saw three police officers. Two in uniform and one white haired cop with a suit and tie on. He opened the door.
   "Can I help you guys?" He asked.
   "Yeah, where's Todd?" The white haired one asked.
   "He doesn't live here anymore. We just bought this place." Luther answered. And then Betty appeared at his side. "I'll handle this, Honey." And Luther squeezed her arm a little as he tried to gently push her away. She took the hint and sat down.
   The old cop spoke again. "How well do you know Todd?"
   "Not very good at all. In fact, we only met twice. The first day we looked at this place and the day we bought it, a few days ago." Luther answered. Then, trying to seem truthful, he asked "why? What's this all about?"
   "He has a warrant for his arrest. He's wanted for two murders. He's a very dangerous man. If you see him, make sure you call us." And he handed Luther a business card.
   "Ok, I will. Thanks." And Luther closed the door.
   Then Betty spoke. "What the hell is going on Luther? And why did you lie?"
   "I just like Todd. I don't want to be the one to get him in trouble. I didn't want them to know that we know Todd, because then they will never leave us alone. They'll be here everyday looking for him."
   "But if he's wanted for murder, maybe we should tell them everything we know. Maybe he is dangerous. What if he kills us?" Betty looked scared.
   Luther opened his arms for her. "Come here baby. Todd isn't going to do anything to us. He's a nice guy. He's one of the good guys in this world. The only people he ever killed were murderers, who had it coming."
   As they hugged, Betty asked "how do you know all this?"
   "If I tell you, you have to promise me that you will never tell anyone. I mean anyone. I want your heart on this promise. The same kind of promise that you made when we got married. I will tell you. But I need your full, undivided 
love and support on this."
   She promised to keep it to herself and he told her everything. He told her about the switch at the jail and about Rod Appleton and everything he knew.
   Betty was floored. "I can't believe it. He's my hero, for what he done to Rod. But how many others did he kill? How does a man just go around finding people who deserve to die?"
   "Let's just keep this to ourselves now. I don't even want to talk about it anymore, because one day, the cops might decide to put a bug in our house. Let's just not talk about it anymore. And whatever you do, please, don't tell Todd that you know. Ok?" Luther waited for an answer. "Promise me that, ok?"
    "Ok, I promise. Subject dropped, no longer to be discussed." And with that, she walked away and found something to do around the house.