20 Jan 2012: The Plot Thickens

It seems as if I have, unintentionally, kept the plot a mystery.  Even a blog needs some drama. 

Here is the plot as it stands now:

Ron had a biking accident where he had a fall and broke his neck and left him a quadriplegic.  Nine months after the accident, Ron, with his caregiver Ben, return to the sight of the accident.  Ron ends up riding his wheelchair over a quarter mile from the bridge where he had his fall, up along the country road.  Ben and Ron stop and view the bridge from this higher vantage point and happen to look from the road, down to the creek bed off to the right.  They see what appears to be a gold chain dangling in the brush by the creek bed.  Ben decides to check it out.  Once down, he discovers that the gold chain is nothing more than a fishing lure caught in the branches.  But, he also discovers the remains of a body.

Walking back up, Ben comes upon a gun. Because Ron knows he is missing his gun that he normally carried when he rode his bike, he convinces Ben to bring the gun back.  Ron identifies the gun as his own.  He has absolutely no recollection of the events on the day of the accident.  It makes no sense to Ron why he may have shot someone a quarter mile before the spot of his accident but he does not like the idea of notifying the authorities and basically indicting himself for what could be the murder of someone he has no memory.  Thus begins Ron and Ben's quest to solve the mystery of the identity of the body and why Ron might have shot the person.

I had high hopes of getting some high quality writing done today.  A very poor night sleep put a damper on those plans but a mild stomach bug of some sort put an even bigger damper.  I still put in a 1,000 words for the day but concentrating on the writing was difficult.