Chapter 46

Maybe it was the look on Suzie’s face as Martin’s body was lowered into the grave, and some flower petals dropped on his coffin, which was neatly clad in the American flag. Some gunshots had been fired into the air, but Teddy saw all that as nonsense, simply sentiment and shit. None of which brought Martin back to life or compensated his very distraught wife. Either way, he knew for a fact that the vigorous process Suzie would have to go through to get Martin’s gratuity would leave her drained or even unwilling to go through with it.

When Teddy took one good look at the woman, he decided that the state could never pay him enough for the risk he left the comfort of his bed to take every day on behalf of all the clueless citizens of the state. He felt a deep sense of vulnerability. And no, he was a little incapable of sympathy, but at that moment, he wished Suzie did not have to go through any of that. And to move out of her home merely weeks after Martin’s death was simply sadd