Why do we make the choices we make?

Sometimes what seems right in the moment can be a colossal mistake in life's rear-view mirror.

It's human nature. We never think the worst is going to happen.

We live in a culture in which confessing and then trying to make up for our missteps has value in and of itself.

The debate is whether that shows one's character or one's lack of saying.

For many in this story, the road to partition was as clear as the center line on an expressway.

Easy to read, straight as a ruler, from the first hello to the last goodbye.

And just as dangerous to cross.

So then what about Heather Garis?

The young wife and mother was just weak shy of her 38th birthday when she was gunned down in a freezing parking lot.

An innocent victim if ever there was one.

She'd done nothing but trust her cheating husband and try to fix her broken marriage.

What thoughts raised through her mind the night of her execution?

When the grim reaper ordered Heather to her knees and leveled a gun at her head.

In this episode you'll hear from Sean O'Melsen, Heather Garis's romantic rival and the woman accused of killing her in cold blood on a cold night in Greeley, Colorado, January 23, 2007.

Where are you today? What's going on with you today? I know you're your time for a new world.

I've been home all day to meet with the baby. I don't know.

You just want my whole day in town.

You'll also hear a police interrogation.

One that doesn't sound like it came from any version of law and order.

So I really learned about Creepywood. We had to slow down.

Sure.

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