The Man Under the Escalade
THE MAN UNDER THE ESCALADE
By M.J. Hawk, reprinted by permission:
In one of the newspaper accounts—I think it was The Aspen New Times—the subheading of the front-page article said, MAN FOUND UNDER ESCALADE AT MURDER HOUSE.
The man under the Escalade was Nick Holloway, a freelance writer and author of the bestselling political thriller, Hype. Holloway was writing a series of articles about the show. He wrote about “Soul Mate” behind the scenes.
I would love to see the articles, but Vanity Fair decided not to run them—they said out of respect for the dead. I’m guessing it was mostly due to legal issues.
I’m sure Nick’s observations of the cast and crew, and of Brienne herself, will be invaluable to detective on the case, Derek Sloan. I myself am wildly curious about what Holloway wrote. He was like a fly on the wall, watching the interactions among the cast—the flirting, the friendships, the alliances, the flare-ups. I’m sure he gained insight into their characters, seeing them in unselfconscious moments, seeing them at their best and at their very worst.
So Nick is perhaps the most interesting victim, other than Brienne herself.
This is what I really want to know. Did Nick Holloway hide under the Escalade to escape the carnage? Or was he the killer, sleeping it off after an orgy of bloodlust?
With all that Rohypnol in his system, could he have made his way down along the side of the log home and into the garage? Could he have had the presence of mind to crawl under the Escalade, when he was, to all intents and purposes, in a complete blackout?
But if someone did stash him under the Escalade, why was he spared?
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