Month: December 2021

The final chapters. Chapter Fifty-Three I woke up staring at my shoes, my head lolling forward, slobber dripping in a long string from my lower lip down to the lapel of my suit coat.  My nose was running.  My chest felt like it had a large stinging burn on the outside and a large black bruise on […]

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Chapters 50 though 52 Chapter Fifty Wanda and I took a walk together.  Slow.  Down the street and around the corner from the F.B.I. office.   Pleasant day.  A little breeze.  Not many cars.  For a change no one was honking their horn.  Unusual.  Just walking.  We had never done anything like that before.  We were quiet.  I once again thought of how comfortable I was […]

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Chapters 47 though 49 Chapter Forty-Seven We were back at F.B.I. headquarters in another of their endless conference rooms.  When I got there, they already had the police chief in the room.  He had been left in the custody of Wanda and Maurice.  The police chief without his uniform wasn’t impressive at all.  He sat at the table with […]

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